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Holy Firei 



HOW, WHEN, WHERE AND WHY 



TO PROMOTE 



Revivals of Holiness. 



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Author of " Fall Salvation.*' 



" And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and 
it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, 
and the Spirit gave them utterance. " 



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" Then flew one of the Seraphims unto me, 

having a live coal m his hand, which he had 

taken with the tongs from off the altar : And 

he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this 

hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is 

taken away, and thy sin purged. And I heard 

the voice of the Lord, saying, whom shall I 

send and who will go for us? Then said I, 

Here am I, send me." 

(Isa. 6.) 




Copyrighted 1887, by the Anther, 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 

I. Why not have a Revival, .... 9 

II. Prayer for a Revival,. 15 

III. Revival Measures,* 22 

IV. Personal Work, 28 

V. Church Unity, 34 

VI. Evangelists, 40 

VII. Acts of the Apostles, ' . . 45 

VIII. What is Sanctification ? 48 

IX. Letter to a Preacher, 52 

X. Spiritual Tom Thumbs, ....... 55 

XI. Snake Tails, 57 

XII. Saved AND Sanctified, 59 

XIII. Slave of Fashion, 62 

XIV. The Dakota Campaign, 67 

XV. The Cow Boy's Experience, .... 84 

XVI. Personal Experience 94 

XVII. On Prohibition, 106 

XVIII. A Threshing Outfit, Ill 

Book Notices, Etc., 116 



HOLY FIRE! 

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ROPHETS I 
RAY-ERS ! 
I ROMISES ! 
ERSONS ! 
EOPLE ! 
REACHERS! 
OWER! 



And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of & 
cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire^ 
to give them light; to go by day and night. 

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor 
the pillar of fire by night; from before the people. — Ex. 
xiii; 21. 

And said unto him, Kun, speak to this young man, say- 
ing, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls 
for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 

For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire 
round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. — 
Zach. ii; 5. 

And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it 
shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it 
every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it: 
and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. 

The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall 
never go out. — Lev. vi; 12. 

Who maketh His angels spirits;. His ministers a flaming 
fire. — Psa. civ; 4. 



And some said : 

"What will this babbler say?" 

Other some : 

"He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange 
gods:" (because he preached unto them Jesus). 



DEDICATED 



Brethren in the Itinerant Ministry 



METHODIST CHURCH: 

In the hope and faith and prayer that it 
may kindle the flames of holy love on the altar 
of your hearts, to a pentecostal glow. 



" O that it now from heaven might fall 
And all my sins consume! 
Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call, 
Spirit of Burning, come ! " 

— Chas. Wesley, 



"Brother : Pray God this may help you" 



THE PROPHESY. 



O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in 
the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember 
mercy. — Hab. iii; 2. 

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may re- 
joice in thee? — Psa. lxxxv; 6. 

Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the 
stumbling block out of the way of my people. 

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy 
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, 
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of 
the contrite ones. — Isa. lvii; 14. 

Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, 
and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 

After two days will he revive us: in the third day he 
will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: 
his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall 
come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto 
the earth. — Hosea vi; 1. 

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken 
us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the 
sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up 
the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, 
and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. — Ezra ix; 9. 

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak 
any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a 
burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with 
forbearing, and I could not stay. Jer. — xx : 9. 



HOLINESS REVIVALS. 

How, When, Where, and Why, 



BY REV. B. S. TAYLOR. 



CHAPTEK I. 

Why not have a revival? 

Yes, why not? A real genuine revival of pure and un- 
dented religion by the power of the Holy Ghost. Many 
churches need one! They are nearly empty, preachers ill 
paid, parsonages falling to pieces; prayer-meetings dying, 
and even dead and buried; spiritual interests of Zion fast 
passing away. Oh, how much we need a revival! 

1. Revival means spring time. 

He and vivo to live again. Kesurrection. Dead brought 
to life! Winter changed to summer! The cold snowbanks 
of February need melting, the frosty earth of March needs 
thawing, cold winds need warming into zephyrs, the barren 
soil needs ploughing and moisture and sunlight, and seeding 
before the time of the singing of birds and bloom of flow- 
ers and aroma of fruits and waving fields of grain shall ap- 
pear in fruits of summer and ripeness of Autum. God has 
his order for temporal blessings in the natural world, and 
the wise farmer falls into line, sowing, hoeing, reaping and 
threshing, in due order. 



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2. Likewise } God has his divine order for spiritual bles- 
sings and harvest. 

The seed is to be sown, the young plants to be cleansed 
of weeds, (heart purity,) and " after many days " of growth 
in grace, storm and sunshine, trial and joy, the angelic reap- 
ers thrust in the sickle and gather the harvest home. No 
one does all the sowing, no one does all the cleansing, no 
one does all the reaping. Each one has a part in the work 
of each season, if he is a wise husbandman. By our own 
labors, words, and examples, we are both planting the grace 
of God in some heart, cultivating and cleansing some prec- 
ious soul from sin, by leading them to the Saviour, or help- 
ing gather in the harvest of faith and love around some 
dying bed. 

3. Every Church and every Christian ought to be in 
God's order all the year round, "instant, in season and 
out of season." 

There are certain conditions essential to a revival. 
These observed, a revival is sure to come. God is faithful, 
He cannot lie. He has plainly given us the promise and 
stated the conditions on which He will pour out his Spirit, 
and save souls, and if we will fulfill them we shall have a 
harvest of souls as certainly as fulfilling natural conditions 
will bring a harvest of corn or wheat. It is the examina- 
tion of these conditions, we propose in this series on " Ho- 
liness Revivals." 

4. If these conditions are observed continually, there 
will be a perpetual revival. 

Some day the church of God will arise in her strength, 
and with power from on high continue the revival which 
shall never stop until the earth shall be brought back to 
God. The power to prevent or hinder this, lies inside, not 
outside, the church. The weakness of God's people lies not 
in the strength of their enemies, or numbers of their foes, 
but in their own unbelief, infidelity, unfaithfulness, and 
hypocrisy. Whenever the church as a whole shall fulfill the 
high calling of God and His purpose in her, then eternal 
and perpetual victory shall crown all her efforts to save the 
world. O, may God awaken and arouse a slumbering church 
before a world is damned! 



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5. But how shall the revival begin? 

For we presume earnest and holy Christians want no 
ding-dong — hurrah — counterfeit— devil-gotten-up-out-of-the- 
pit, " revival of religion, " falsely so called; in which fairs, 
festivals, theatricals, lotteries, late suppers, and immoral 
associations win a crowd; while a few so-called "converts " 
are baptized in stylish outfits, by a stylish minister, in a 
stylish church, to join a congregation of stylish sinners, rid- 
ing on stylish cushions toward a heaven that would be 
nothing if not stylish. And how many such have any 
real genuine ring of holiness in them ? How few scalding 
tears of repentance, groans for a mighty deliverance from 
inbred sin, cries for heart purity, and panting for perfect 
love, followed by shouts of joy from burning lips, and faces 
shining with the glory of the mount of transfiguration ! 
How few such Bible signs of a mighty work of pardon and 
purity and power of Pentecost upon believers do we see 
now as in New Testament days ? 

Why are few revivals genuine and many spurious ? 
Why are so few "converts" to be found a year afterward, 
clearer and stronger in God, more loving to man than the 
day they were converted? For the facts are before us. The 
evidences are on every hand. Thousands of nominal Chris- 
tains will tell you "what peaceful hours I once enjoyed, 
how sweet their memory still, but they have left" — yes ! left 
forever ! Alas ! in many cases too far gone to revive ! and 
many, many " aching voids the world can never fill," are to 
be seen on every side. O ! these "aching voids." Follow 
up many a modern so-called "revival" and a few months 
after, the most that remains is — "aching voids." Spurious 
revivals, not genuine ! "Bastards, not sons." " And if ye 
be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are 
ye Bastards and not Sons." — Heb. ii ; 8. And when the 
time of trial and chastisement and temptation comes to 
many "converts," there is a dreadful falling away, many 
"backslide in heart." Why is this ? I answer in a word : 
Because the revival was spurious, counterfeit, because it 
was not conceived by the Holy Ghost, because there was no 
travail in birth by the church, because the "converts" were 



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not " regenerated by the Spirit, " born of God, "created 
anew by Christ Jesus." 

Paul saw such spurious work. ' ' My little children, of 
whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in 
you." — Gal. iv ; 9. And if the Devil can cheat the church 
with pewter coin, he can keep the gold out of circulation. 
If Satan can palm of a spurious revival, and bastard child- 
ren on the church, it will answer every purpose of his, 
prevent a genuine work, and in six months he will have his 
own children again, worse than ever ! Peter saw it and 
said : i ' For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the 
world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the 
the latter end is worse with them than the beginning!" — 
2 Pet. ii ; 20. 

6. But do we want a genuine revival t For it is oj 
this that 1 write. 

A revival of righteousness and true holiness; a revival 
of love and purity and grace! Hence I write the title "Ho- 
liness Kevivals " as distinguished from an unholy revival, in 
which there is much of everything but holiness: much ex- 
citement, fourth -of -July hurrah; loud- waltz-singing, flirta- 
tion, fun and folly; a sort of young folks' frolic, a singing- 
school affair, which soon blows over, and the same crowd are 
seen in the rink, skating, and the ball-room, dancing, and in 
theatricals of the Sunday-school sort, acting, etc., etc. And 
between these and the so-called "revival," there is little or 
no difference. About the same crowd, the same actions, and 
the same results. Whatever you want, Brother, may God 
deliver me from all such revivals. If that*is about the kind 
of thing you like, that is about the kind of thing you will 
have. ' ' Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap !" 

7. A spurious church will "get up" a spurious revi- 
val, a sanctified church will pray' down a holiness revival, 
and there is the whole thing in a nutshell. 

The twelfth chapter of I Corinthians, describes a genuine 
church in its gifts, and the next chapter, its graces. And a 
spurious church is one that cannot fill the bill in either chap- 
ter. There are hundreds of churches in our land that have 
not had a genuine revival, by the power of the Holy Ghost 



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sent down to them, for years. They are rich and gay and 
worldly and proud. They have not a sanctified child of God 
in their number. None who are deeply, earnestly pious, 
full of love, and joy, and power, by the Holy Ghost. They 
"run the church" just as they do their own business, just 
as they do their social clubs and secret lodges. "Their 
church " is only one of half a dozen similar institutions ' ' to 
cultivate social qualities," promote business interests, ad- 
vance literary pursuits, and the culture of art and science. 
The preaching of rose-water-essays, and getting up leagues, 
and unions, and circles, occupies the time of the Pastor. To 
lead the society in fashion, dress and display, and make sty- 
lish " calls " and peddle small talk and dirty bits of gossip, 
occupies the pastor's wife. She doesn't "guide the house, 
bear children and give none occasion to the adversary to 
speak reproachfully, but, withal, learns to be idle, wander- 
ing about from house to house; and not only idle, but a tat- 
ler, also a busybody, speaking things she ought not." — 1 
Tim. vi: 13-14. She never reads 1 Tim. ii: 9. "In like man- 
ner also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, 
with shamfacedness and sobriety, not with braided hair, or 
gold, or pearls, or costly array, but (which becometh women 
professing godliness) with good works." She never points 
out such passages to the "ladies" upon whom she calls. 
And thousands of Christian women do not know that such 
passages (1 Peter, iii : 3) are God's commands to them. And 
with such examples in preacher and wife as their guides, it 
is no wonder that the devil can deceive them all with his 
spurious revivals. The root of all th is trouble lies deep in the 
heart of a false, worldly, sham form of religion. 

8. Unless the church is genuine, the converts will be 
spurious, "Bastards." 

Unless there are in any given society, "the salt of the 
earth" nothing can keep it from spoiling. Unless "the 
light of the world " shines from our pews and pulpits, sin- 
ners will blunder through the darkness, into hell. ' ' If the 
light that is in thee," Oh, Church of God, "be darkness, 
how great is that darkness?" Unless the church has the pow- 
er of the Holy Ghost, the baptism from on high upon it, all 
its efforts for a revival will result in spurious conversions. 



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Converts, not to God and holiness and self-denial, and con- 
secration, and prayer and vital godliness; but converts to 
"our church," to "our festivals," to our "religious frolics" 
(as Bishop Hamlin said,) and as soon as the devil offers 
them more "fun" and "frolics" elsewhere, whist! like 
chaf, they are blown away. May God have mercy on such 
churches, and show them where they stand. Send out fiery 
John, — Baptists! Send forth weeping Jeremiahs! Stir up 
thy church, oh God, and awaken Zion. Before "the blind, 
leading the blind, both shall fall in the ditch." 



THE PRAYERS. 



I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up 
holy hands, without wrath and doubting. — 1 Tim. ii ; 8. 

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the 
heavens. — Lam. iii; 41. 

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the 
people answered Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: 
and they bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord with 
their faces to the ground. — Neh. viii ; 6. 

But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spo- 
ken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ; 

How that they told you there should be mockers in the 
last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 

These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having 
not the Spirit. 

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most 
holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the 
mercy of our Lold Jesus Christ unto eternal life. — Jude. 17. 

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken 
where they were assembled together ; and they were all filled 
with the Holy Ghosts and they spake the word of God with 
boldness. — Acts iv ; 31. 



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Have mercy upon me, O, God, according to thy loving 
kindness : according unto the multitude of thy tender me; 
cies blot out my transgressions. 

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse 
me from my sin. 

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : wash me 
and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones ivhich 
thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine in- 
iquities. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right 
spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy 
Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold 
me with thy free Spirit. 

Them will I teach transgressors thy ways ; and sinners 
shall be converted unco thee. — Psa. 51. 



CHAPTER IL 



Prayer for a revival. 

1. Now, in order to promote a genuine revival of 
holiness in the church, and the salvation of sinners, there 
must be a great deal of prayer. The spurious revival has lit- 
tle prayer and no fasting. And the revival has begun when 
there is one Christian earnest, consecrated and faithful to 
God, who takes hold by prayer mightily on God for a revi- 
val,, not only will it come, it has come. God will speak 
through all he can. God will work through every soul in 
which He has the " right of way." Such a Christian, who 
wants a genuine revival of godliness, has God with him. 
*' One shall chase a thousand, and two put ter thousand to 
flight." He will soon find another of like faith and purpose 
to unite with him, and whenever they agree on any thing 
for Jesus' sake, they shall have it. 



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This is the wiil of God, and soon they begin to prevail 
in prayer. God adds to their numbers, a change in the 
spirit of the meetings begins to appear, and soon the defunct 
prayer-meetings resume life and vigor. 

2. Their prayers become definite. They know "it 
is not by numbers, (see margin, ) but by my Spirit saith the 
Lord, " and they ashed for the Holy Ghost to come on them 
and fill them with power. They do not wait for the church 
"all to get right," they do not wait for other folks to get 
' ' right, ? ' but get themselves right. Get filled with the Spirit 
themselves. Let the faithful pastor or leader have a dozen 
or a score only of his members, who will stand firmly to- 
gether and depend wholly on God, and the gates of hell can- 
not prevail against them. Let this little band "sanctify 
themselves wholly" to God, (1 Thess. v : 23.) and get the 
blessing of full salvation as heretofore pointed out,* and the 
hardest part of the revival is achieved. Such a handful, 
with God in them, is far more than a match for all opposi- 
tion, " more than conquerors through Him." Now let this 
handful get together often, and unite in earnest prayer. 
Let them seek until they find the blessing of holiness for 
themselves, the baptism of fire and love in their own hearts, 
and "signs and wonders shall follow." Then let them 

3. Pray for the pastor. Many people complain about 
their pastor. "His sermons are so dry, long, and tedious." 
"He is so slow and dull," or "too old to do much good," or 
" too stylish for our simple manners," or "too plain and 
awkward for our cultured pulpit." Ah, well, alas ! we 
preachers are only human after all. But there is a cure for 
all of us! Paul found it. After writing that heavenly let- 
ter to the church at Thessalonica, he prays the very God of 
peace "to sanctify you wholly, and preserve you blameless 
for God is faithful who also will do it." Then he adds: 
"Brethren pray for us." That's the cure for poor preach- 
ing. Let the brothers and sisters "pray for us," and they 
svill get glorious sermons — just what they need. Ask God 
» make your pastor a holy man, a prayerful, earnest, spirit- 
lal man, tender in conscience, gentle as love, and bold as an 



*See "Full Salvation," by the author. 



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Angel of light. If he never had a Pentecost himself, gate 
the Lord and have one sent down to him at once. Let 
"Gideon's band," your faithful few. agree at a certain time 
to unite in earnest prayer for him. and at every service keep 
praying and listening while he preaches, looking him square 
in the face, and giving vent to the inward movements of the 
Holy Ghost, by well-timed, warm and hearty "aniens." Such 
a process will soon bring water out of a rock, will bring tearful, 
earnest sermons from his burning lips; will cause him to 
drop his yellow old manuscript and cry right out for sorrow 
over Zion and perishing sinners, and shout for joy over the 
seekers stirred by the power of the awakening Spirit. Ah, 
my brothers, if you want good, warm, Holy-Ghost anointed 
sermons, you can pray them out of any kind of a man whom 
God ever called to preach. I doubt if this or any other plan 
will ever work with a man-made preacher. But you may 
hold on to God for such power as will convince him he is not 
called of God, and hence will quit, or the Spirit, in answer 
to your prayer, will beget such a hungry hunger, hankering 
after something, he hardly knows what, but at last he too 
will say: "Brethren pray for me," and when pastor and 
people begin to ask for prayers, it will not be long until sin- 
ners say too "pray for us." 

4. Pray foe one another hut not at one another. 

Don't criticise, I beg of you. There is some one in al- 
most every church, always ready to tattle to the preacher 
every nasty little bit of gossip or trouble that arises, and 
keep him in as much trouble as the hen that hatched ducks. 
Don't you do that. Let us stick to this, "all our criticism 
shall be prayer." When you feel sore or hurt, or when you 
think some one needs combing out or pruning down, don't 
pray at them in meeting, but just get down in your closet 
and ask God to do it. You would only hurt him if you tried 
to surgeon his troubles. Jesus is the greatest physician 
this mad world ever had for healing folks. Go to Him and 
ask Him to visit the one you want chopped up, and see how 
nicely he will do it. The Holy Ghost is the most gentle be- 
ing in the universe, and when He applies the balm of Gil- 
ead. oh. how sweetly it sooths the wounded heart. When 
He rebukes, and criticises, and hews us down with the sword 



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of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, how gently, and 
kindly his fingers touch the repentant soul and removes the 
cancers and excressences of sin. Don't criticise. Don't 
find fault. 

5. Don't flatter either. Don't lie to the preacher in 
the name of good nature or courtesy. 

But when God answers your prayers and the sermon 
does your soul good, just stop a minute, and tell him what 
it was and why it was helpful, and thus you will teach him 
how to break the bread of life, how to get the water from 
the cistern, and honey from the rock, how to make your 
church a Canaan of corn and wine and oil and pomegran- 
ates, flowing with milk and honey. And when he is thus 
encouraged, to know you are praying for him, to hear you 
beseech the Lord for him by name in the sweet hour of social 
prayer, is like the visit of an angel to his tired soul. 

Don't talk at him or any one else. If you feel you don't 
love him, or the church, or the Lord, as you ought, ask God 
to show you where the trouble, your trouble, is, for it com- 
monly lies in self. And He will pour in a sweet wave of 
peace over your soul, which will make the sermons and 
prayer meetings so much like Heaven "you will wish it 
could last forever." Well! glory to God! it can and will 
last forever. But don't you step backward, or slip by your 
neglect out of the Kingdom of Heaven. 

6. Prayer for revival must travail in pain, in order 
to prevail ivith God. 

There are many passages that teach this. Most com- 
monly quoted : "When Zion travails she shall bring forth." 
1 — Isa. lxvi ; 8. " The Spirit himself maketh intercession 
for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." — Rom. viii ; 
26. Jesus teaches us by a parable that it is the importunate 
prayer that prevails. (The unjust judge and the widow.) 

So much prayer has no definite and earnest pleading, no 
"burden" for souls, no expectation of answer, that they 
would be surprised and alarmed if God should answer them. 
Christians pray God for the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, 
and yet if God should literally answer their feeble requests 
they would be scared from the house. We saw the majority 




MAY 

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Brother 



„f a large congregation rush ^SySS 
Daniel P^ b ^ w ^ r ^ \^el on t^ people in a mighty 
and suddenly the Hoi) »^' victo ^ and the people 
shock of power. W VlC nouse had been struck by light- 
fled out of doors as ^^^^Xw churches, in a large and 
„ing. That too m one of ^our large elmr^ ^ ^ , 

prosperous city, not three years. *S» „ d if they 

think they want an » ov^ounn go tm & &pm , ( ^^ ^ 

had a Pentecost would nG * ^^^olXess,'' etc., etc. 
fanaticism," "excitement - «*^o***^ ^ so . 
Alas for sinners ! faster the chur c ^ ^ 

rant of God as ^ to know the Holy ^ wL „ 

"He came unto his own and his own ^ gaid Qf 

So St. John (i : U sa ltv A "rushtag, mighty wind." 
many of our churches ^<g^ A rus * ^^ ^ 
» cloven tongues of flie f™|^' ted in some of our 
mighty shouts are ^^J^g Christian. And as 
modem churches, called, £y «£««* *> iva]g are not 

SiZgSi^JttSft no wonder they 

never come to many churches „ a 

-According to your f aith be: t mito ou 
preacher and society set up a M^^^SdOD, instead 
of refinement, art and »^^«fflSlta Tholiness, we may 
of vital godliness, pure love and C ™^e ted ag 

never expect to see any ^/^Xfiven where Jesus is 
we find in Acts 2. _ The Holy ™J^ TO ^i Baptism of 
glorified (John, vn: 39 and only ^ teach , and 

the Spirit is given only to the aewno the New 

practice the *^S«?aS£>Koi^ri«4 many mod- 

SSJft^^SKffiS Wi the cultured 
Brahmins of India. Hence— 

Prayer for revival must be according to the will 



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perfect obedience to the commandments of Jesus, all our 
prayers for a revival will be unanswered. 

There is need of great and deep heart-searching on these 
points to discern whether we want a genuine gospel revival 
or a fashionable, ' ' popular " revival. Do we want a revival 
for the glory of God or for the glory of "our church," so we 
may outnumber, outshine, and outswell every other church 
in town ? 

Do we want a revival of honesty and purity and love 
among church members, or a revival of fairs, festivals, the- 
atricals and frolics ? 

Do we want to see men saved from sin and shame and 
Satan and hell, or do we want more rich men for their 
money, or more fashionable women for their style, or more 
"leaders of society " for their "influence," or more unsaved 
sinners for their numbers ? 

To get up a revival that is "popular" among sinners, 
which shall result in a multitude of spurious converts, a few 
points are needful. 

1. Do not preach any holiness doctrines. 

2. Put the brakes on any holiness professors. 

3. Denounce in sarcasm all sanctification. 

4. Be always careful to avoid Jesus' words, "Perfect," 
"Holy," "Sanctify," "Cleanse," "Purge," etc. 

5. Spoil all praying in the Holy Ghost. 

6. Put a damper on any " aniens," or responsive shout- 
ting in answer to the Holy Ghost. 

7. Call the most pious of your members, "fanatics." 

8. Avoid calling things by their right names. Do not 
mention death, hell, Satan, lust, rum, inbred sin, except in 
the most gingerly and exquisite manners, you might shock 
some big sinner or offend some secret hypocrite. 

9. Skip the terrors of the law. 

10. Talk of the "love" of God in a gushing way. 

11. Eliminate the fearful warnings, and fiery denunci- 
ations of God from your Bible, and give only the promises 
and blessings. 



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12. Do not allow the "dear young people" to think 
for a moment, that any sacrifice whatever is necessary, any 
self-denial essential to becoming a Christian. This line 
ought to give you a popular revival without tears, repent- 
ance, or change of heart. 



THE PROMISES. 



Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there 
may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, 
saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows 
of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not 
be room enough to receive it. — Mai. iii : 10. 

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of 
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, ac- 
ceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye trans- 
formed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. 
— Rom. xii : 1. 

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye sep- 
arate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and 
I will receive you, 

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons 
and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us 
cleanse ourselves from all nlthiness of the flesh and spirit, 
perfecting holiness in the fear of God. — 2 Cor. vi : 17. 

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like 
a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the 
Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. 

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that 
use their tongues, and say, He saith. 

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, 
saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to 



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err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, 
nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this 
people at all, saith the Lord. — Jer. xxiii : 29. 

Then Peter said nnto them, Repent, and be baptized 
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remis- 
sion of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and 
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God 
shall call. — Acts ii : 38. 



CHAPTER III. 

Revival Measures. 

1. To promote the work of soul saving there are cer- 
tain means to be used, which may be called Revival meas- 
ures. If these means were used all the year round, the 
church would be a flame of revival continually, for it is the 
will of God that his people be zealous, earnest, watchful, 
consecrated, holy. To this work he continually calls them 
in the Scriptures, pledges His Spirit, and freely offers His 
grace. 

2. It is simply because of neglect that a society be- 
comes cold, dead, barren, and hence renders a Be-vival nec- 
essary. Revival means to live again. A church already 
alive needs no such resurrection. But how few such 
churches! How few are fully alive and seeking constantly 
the conversion of sinners and the holiness of believers! There 
are some such societies, and were pastors and people equally 
devoted to God and zealous, their number would be wonder- 
fully multiplied. Since, however many pastors never labor 
for the immediate salvation of souls, those who follow them 
must take hold of a church, cold, formal, indifferent, and 
perhaps positively hostile to the conversion of sinners and 
the entire cleansing of believers. Such a state of things 
makes revival work a very difficult task. 



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3. But it is not a hopeless task. 

The preacher desiring a better state of things can have 
them by going into the work with firm conviction, complete 
consecration, unwavering faith in God, and plenty of hard 
labor in public and private. God bless you, brother. Link 
your faith to God, put your shoulder to the wheel and soon 
the church will move forward to her blessed privileges. 

4. Revival measures are ordinary and extraordinary . 

The ordinary are the regular Sabbath services, and 
weekly prayer and class-meetings. Let these be directed, 
as the Holy Spirit leads into revival channels, and soon there 
will appear a demand for extra or special meetings. These 
may take many different forms, as bands, holiness meetings, 
cottage prayer-meetings, young people, women's prayer- 
meetings, inquiry meetings, a short prayer-meeting before 
and after preaching. 

5. Revival peaching. 

The preaching of the ' ' Word " is commonly the most im- 
portant and essential factor in revivals. A good rule is to 
preach sermons specially and carefully prepared, addressed 
to the church on Sabbath morning, and to the conversion of 
sinners Sabbath evening. The preaching must, as a rule, 
omit the platitudes, and give the people the law and the 
gospel — the commands as well as the promises, the hell as 
well as the heaven, the terror as well as the joy. The reg- 
ular sermons and services must partake of a revival effort, 
be filled with a revival spirit in order to introduce the special 
meetings. To secure the best results, the special ' ' conven- 
tions," or "protracted efforts," or labors of an "evangelist," 
must be followed up by week after week and month after 
month of revival work in the ordinary routine ! Line upon 
line, precept upon precept. So will you have a revival 
church, every meeting be a blessed time of refreshing, every 
lay fulfill the purpose of a Christian church. Afternoon 
meetings for the church in the promotion of holiness, and 
evening meetings for the conversion of souls, is a good ordei 
for special, protracted meetings. 



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6. Short sermons followed by altar work. 

In the afternoon consecration, faith, the witness to full 
salvation, testimony and personal labor are important 
topics to help the church into the experience of holiness. In 
the evening, short, pointed, effective sermons, delivered at 
short range and frequently. Followed up in a connected, 
logical and linked- together order, and tersely illustrated. 
Altar services, inquiry meetings, or a mourners' bench, 
whatever you choose to call them, must follow the sermon. 
In these, opportunity for personal work must be given, 
and a good deal of latitude allowed. Penitents must be 
urged to give up all, forsake sin and receive Jesus as their 
own Saviour. Clear gospel teachings on this point are in- 
valuable. Workers who are not clear in doctrine or pure in 
life and above all reproach should not be invited nor allowed 
to engage in this work. 

7. The character of these revival measures should 
partake largely of a present, free and full salvation from all 
sin by faith in Jesus. We must not limit the grace of God. 
We must not deny the power of Jesus. 

8. It is a present salvation. All this talk we often 
hear abou't "God's good time" and "His own good way," 
is flat unbelief and denial of God's word. Now is God's 
time, and here is God's place, and give up all is God's way 
to get salvation. To violate this plain teaching of Scripture 
will promote no revival. 

9. It is a free salvation as to our merit. We receive 
it as freely and undeserved as a beggar receives a copper 
from a king. Hence, all can be urged to surrender now and 
repent here, and accept Jesus at once without doing or suf- 
fering any further. To be sure it is on certain conditions, 
but these have no merit, no purchasing power, no atoning 
for sin. Christ is the only sacrifice. 

10. It is a full salvation. 

Jesus saves his people from all their sin and sins. 
Not piecemeal, not seriatim, not gradually, not by growth. 
but at once and all by the power of God. " The blood of 
Jesus cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John, i : 7.) I have 



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enlarged upon this in preceding chapters.* Enough here to 
say : No revival will be permanent and thorough that does 
not extend to the entire sanctification of believers. Such is 
the testimony of Wesley, Asbury, Finney, and hosts of 
evangelists, ancient and modern, Bishops and Elders. 

11. Preaching and labors must be direct. 

To bring men to God, men must know how far they are 
aivay from God. To get men saved from sin they must be 
convicted by the Spirit, through the word, how fearful and 
wicked is sin, unbelief and rebellion against God. In for- 
mer revivals, sinners were struck under conviction by the 
Holy Ghost. So direct and pointed were the exhortations 
and appeals that men were pierced to the heart ! Under like 
scriptural, earnest and prayerful appeals, the Spirit of God 
will strike men under conviction now. Men must feel as 
David did when Nathan said, "Thou art the man." No 
slight thing will upset or pervert such a revival. When 
God has full control and right of way in a church, the re- 
vival will continue in power for months, and even for years. 
These "convictions" will deepen and strengthen until men 
can no longer bear it, and gladly lay hold on Christ as a 
Saviour. 

12. Many revivals of holiness are choked to death 
by Satan in early infancy; the people and pastor did not 
hold on ! " Take hold is a good dog, but hold fast is better." 
Hundreds of souls might have been saved when nothing is 
accomplished, because the work was not "continued," like 
some tales, from week to week. Churches seem to forget 
the design of Christ in their planting. 

13. Some consider it a club of good moral tendencies. 
Some as a social circle to promote pies, oysters and straw- 
berries. Some seem to have no use for a church but to pro- 
mote business and trade, get practice, clients, and customers 
for their wares. Some as a cheap line of advertising their 
millinery and tailoring, &c. Some as a society for shooting 
beans at a board. Some seem to think the church is a cheap 
substitute for a college education, and run in lectures, 



*See Full Salvation. 



scientific discourses, literary circles, and a sort of news 
agency. Others esteem the church as a school in political 
and ethical economy, and want all sorts of social, political 
and national topics discussed. Some think it a kind oi 
oUapodrida or catch-all of sensational topics, a hustings foi 
everything, a newspaper without subscribers. 

A few consider the church of Christ to be His organiza- 
tion for the promotion of holiness, the salvation of sinners, 
and thence the reform of society. 

They consider that the Holy Ghost has personal, im- 
mediate and direct oversight of the membership, and that it 
is the body, of which Christ is the head. They feel that all 
the other above uses are wrong, or sinful. Are they not 
right? When men are going down to ruin all about us, 
while drunkards, and harlots and profane Sabbath breakers, 
and terrible sinners of all classes abound on every side, 
what other business has the church of God but the promo- 
motion of holiness and the destruction of sin? God help 
us to arouse all our energies, rally all our forces, spend our 
funds, raise our children and consecrate our youth to the re- 
demption of a world lost in sin. 

As preachers and people of God, what other end shall 
we serve in life, what other object worthy our prayers and 
tears, and toils and sacrifice? The immortal destiny of 
precious souls hangs on our negligence, our devotion, our 
labors, our faith. God help us as a church to obey our Sa- 
viour, be filled with the Holy Ghost, and build for eternity. 
A holiness revival means sinners converted and members 
sanctified wholly at every service. This is the object and 
aim of every effort, and until the earth is redeemed from sin 
we have no right to let up, no excuse to intermit, no reason 
to cry "hold!" 

May God save and bless his church which Jesus pur- 
chased with his. own blood; that "he might sanctify and 
cleanse it, and present it to himself, a holy church without 
spot or wrinkle or any such thing." — See Eph. v ; 25-27. 



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THE PERSONS. 



And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall 
be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass 
over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though 
fools, shall not err therein. — Isa. xxxvi ; 8. 

Xow when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, 
and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, 
they marvelled ; and they took knowledge of them, that they 
had been with Jesus. — Acts, iv ; 13. 

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many 
wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, 
are called: 

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to 
confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things 
of the world to confound the things which are mighty. — 1 
Cor., i; 26. 

■ And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

And the word of God increased ; and the number of the 
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly ; and a great com- 
pany of the priests were obedient to the faith. 

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the 
spirit by which he spake. — Acts, vi ; 5. 

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in 
those days will I pour out my Spirit. — Joel, ii ; 29. 

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which 
did prophesy. — Acts, xxi ; 9. 

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to 
the brightness of thy rising. 

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : all they gath- 
er themselves together, they ccme to thee: thy son shall 
come from far, and thy daughter shall be nursed at thy side. 
—Isa. lx ; 3. 

And they of the circumcision which believed were 
astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on 
the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify 
God — Acts, x ; 45. 



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CHAPTER IV. 



PERSONAL WORK. 

The success of this work does not rest solely upon the 
preacher nor the people. 

There must be revival preaching and labor on his part, 
united to personal work on their part. Not that we can 
ever expect, or really need, to secure the undivided interest 
of all the members, but the most of them must be interested, 
and a faithful few must be united to labor, suffer and pray. 
There must be "two or three agreed." A " Gideon's band." 
Against these the gates of hell cannot prevail, and whatso- 
ever they ask in faith, God will give it. On these few will 
rest the ' ' burden, " the travail of soul and earnest toil. For 
them it is essential and vital. 

1. That they be clearly saved and sanctified. 

They cannot be led of the Spirit unless they have been 
sanctified by the Spirit. They cannot lead others where 
they have not been themselves. They cannot say the right 
word at the right time unless directed by the Holy Ghost. 

2. What they attempt will do more hurt than good, 
unless moved by an earnest, kindly, loving spirit, and melt- 
ed in the fires of tender sympathy for souls. 

3. They must look to Jesus only. 

The mass of Christians are easily turned aside from this 
one thing. They get to criticising other folks, and if Satan 
can get the church to bothering over side issues, troubling 
about what other members are doing, and talk, talk, talking 
about one another, he has broken up the revival. 

4. They must not look to one another. 

Peter asked Jesus what John should do, and the Master 
replied, "What is that to thee, follow thou me!" [Jno. 
xxi ; 21.] We must not be asking why other people do not 
work, why other Christians and other preachers do not unite 
and labor with us. Enough for a good soldier to obey his 



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own orders, and those who devote themselves wholly to their 
own marching orders will have no time nor occasion to med- 
dle with others. The spirit of fault-finding and criticism is 
death to a revival. 

5. This personal labor for souls, to win men to God, 
must be patient, persistent and faithful. To be patient we 
must plead and invite and urge until they surrender. If 99 
times don't bring him, perhaps the 100th will. Men may 
rebuff, repel, and fairly insult you, but like the blessed 
Saviour, we must "endure such contradiction of sinners 
against us" (Heb. xxii ; 3), and after he is converted he will 
declare to you his highest regards for your patient, urgent 
labors of love. 

But be persistent. Tell him you do not propose to give 
him up or let him go until you see him saved and happy in 
Jesus. To be faithful is to be full of faith, and having faith 
in God and your work, you will be invincible, you will 
"overcome." God rewards such faith. God moves by his 
Spirit on his soul every time you ask him to come to Jesus. 
The Spirit stirs his very soul to its centre, and the tear, the 
lump in the throat, the husky answers show how God is 
moving his heart. 

6. When a convicted seeker "goes forward," he needs 
still, and more than ever, faithful, persistent prayer in his 
behalf, at the altar, that he may surrender and trust Christ. 
Nothing on earth so helps and cheers and comforts a seeker 
as to hear and feel the loving tones of importunate prayer in 
his behalf. Earnest and melting entreaties to give up all to 
God, to accept Jesus as Saviour now, while the penitent 
soul is weeping and confessing his sins, will assist him to 
find salvation through faith in the blessed Saviour. If he is 
soundly converted, you will be greatly blessed, and a peculiar 
affection will always exist between yourself and the man 
you led to Christ. 

7. When converted he will still need the ivatch-care of 
the church, and you will find it your duty and a blessed 
pleasure to follow him up with your prayers and a kindly 
word of encouragement whenever you meet him. To a real, 
saved Christian there is no more blessed and delightful toil 



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on earth than this personal work for souls. And when once 
tasted, when once the blessed reward of such labor is en- 
joyed, you will forever hunger to continue it. And such is 
God's order. " When Zion travails she shall bring forth." 
It is useless and worse for God to give children to a dead 
mother. And it is worse than useless for young converts to 
be brought into a cold, formal, worldly church. They will 
soon die of hunger and neglect, and their last state will be 
worse than the first. Backsliders are generally the hardest 
of all classes in a community to reach. The curse of our 
land is the churches full of backsliders or unconverted mem- 
bers. 

8. The work of an evangelist largely depends for its 
success upon the personal assistance of pastor and people. 
When this is wanting or withheld, the efforts of the evan- 
gelist will be vain, temporary or fleeting. The most active, 
aggressive and holy churches are those which reap the most 
blessed results from his labors. Lay all else aside as far as 
possible during the series of meetings ; push the work as 
fast and as far as possible during his stay, and when he is 
gone, for month after month gather up the fragments, glean 
up the fruit, and let none be lost. A genuine revival by 
the Holy Ghost will run all the year round, summer and 
winter. Glory to God ! 

9. And consecration is a factor in revivals very much 
overlooked. 

There never was and never will be a genuine revival of 
the work of God without personal, consecrated labor. 

10. The salvation of men is of God, through human 
agency. God takes men ; not angels, not spirits, but weak, 
infirm human beings into this soul-saving partnership with 
him. The human part will be weak and small, but it is 
just as essential as the divine. It requires very little talent, 
education or genius, for God chooses the weak things to 
confound the mighty. But it does take prayerful, faithful 
work, and in order to have a revival there must be workers 
fully consecrated to personal effort. 

11. It has been said, and truly : "Men will wrangle 
tor religion, fight for it, die for it, anything but live for it." 



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James Caughey, an eminent revivalist in this country forty 
years ago, said : ' ' Men will make speeches, lay down rules 
and discuss principles, yea, do anything and everything but 
the real matter-of-fact hard work, patient, steady, humili- 
ating, painful drudgery of saving souls from hell, in the 
shop as in the parlor, in the cellar, garrett, street or field, as 
in the house of God." 

William Carvosso* learned to read after he was sixty 
years old, and led hundreds of souls to Jesus by means of 
this careful, faithful, personal work. 

12. But how commonly do ive shirk the responsibility 
God lays upon us! 

As ministers do we not dread to speak right out and 
call sins and crimes by their right names ? Do we not let 
men go quietly down to hell rather than offend them ? Do 
we not fear to rebuke the lukeworm and backslidden pro- 
fessor ? Do we not shun pointed, personal appeals to the 
ungodly ? , Do we not, in our pastoral calls, discuss every- 
thing else under the sun, and neglect the one great issue of 
personal salvation ? Do we not fail to find opportunities 
for personal and private talk with the unconverted ? Do 
we kindly invite the newcomer to the house of God ? Do 
we usually notice the children and youth in public discourse 
and social life ? If such things are common, need we look 
for a revival ? If God should strangely send us a revival, 
would we know it ? and would not our own indifference 
chill the hopes and quench the ardors of the faithful ? 

13. The vast majority of young converts lose the joy 
of "their first love" for God because they fail to engage in 
personal work, and how can they do otherwise, when so few 
examples are before them ? If their leaders and elders set 
no example of personal labor in behalf of souls, what won- 
der that their own zeal dies out. There is nothing so help- 
ful to our own spiritual life as to be helpful to others. Each 
one has at least one talent, and God wants that wholly con- 
secrated to him and to his service. Who is so "weak" he 
cannot speak to one? Who is so helpless that he cannot say 



*His life is published in cheap form by the Methodist Book Con- 
sern. 



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to any one he meets : " Good morning, the Lord bless you. 
We are having good meetings, won't you come?" How 
much talent does it take to say, " Do you love Jesus ?" To 
press a hand kindly and ask, ' ' May I pray for you ? May 
I ask the people of God to pray for you ?" How little genius 
is needed to rock a cradle and urge the poor tired mother to 
go in your place to the "protracted meeting," and rock and 
pray for her while she is gone. And when your pastor asks 
his people to pray in their homes and closets, can't you do 
that? When he gives out tracts to distribute, can't you 
select a few and put them where they may be salvation to a 
lost soul ? When he calls the children of God forward to 
the altar for consecration, prayer and labor with seekers, 
can you not move forward, and by deed and word show 
your interest in the work of God ? Lord help us, brother, 
while we are waiting for something to do, the world is going 
down to death all around us. While the Christian church 
is running fairs and festivals and frolics, the Devil is run- 
ning theatres, balls, saloons, brothels and gambling hells, in 
which the millions are rushing down to ruin. Shall not 
every Christian, every child of God, plunge into the battle 
and arouse every energy to combat the powers of evil and 
rescue the perishing ? 

14. No one ever tried soul-saving without finding it 
the most delightful, joyous and glorious occupation on earth! 
Worthy the powers of an angel ! Yea, worthy the life, and 
sufferings and death of the Son of God ! Should we be 
ashamed of that which was his most noble mission to a 
world lost in sin ? Should we dread to undertake for others 
what others have done for us ? For who was ever saved 
without the personal contact of some other saved soul ? God 
help us, fellow Christians, ministers and people, to "arise 
and shine, for our light is come !" Jesus, the light of the 
world, is here in the Spirit ; shall we help him in the salva- 
tion of precious souls ? 

15. To this work let us consecrate our all ! L T nless 
we do this we shall fail. The blessed Holy Spirit ivill lead 
every consecrated one to the hungry penitent, and give him 
words of entreaty and promise which will lead him to Christ. 
He will guide you. He will open the way before you, and 



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prepare the heart of man for the gospel, and you will enjoy 
the blessed privilege of sowing the good seed. Then you 
will see fruit. Tell "your experience" to others, and har- 
row in the Word by prayer. Soon the crop of grace will be 
growing all around you, and you will rejoice in the harvest. 
He that goeth forth, weeping, shall doubtless return again 
bearing his sheaves. The Lord bless you ! 



THE PEOPLE. 



And thou shalt call his name JESUS : for he shall save 
his people from their sins. — Mat. i ; 21. 

The people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and 
to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light is 
sprung up. — Mat. iv ; 16. 

That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered 
out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without 
fear, 

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days 
of our life. — Luke, i ; 74. 

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they 
were all with one accord in one place. 

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a 
rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they 
were sitting. 

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of 
fire, and it sat upon each of them. 

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and be- 
gan to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. — Acts, ii ; 1. 

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came 
together, and were confounded, because that every man 
heard them speak in his own language. 

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying 
one to another, What meaneth this ? 

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. 
— Acts, ii ; 12. 



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CHAPTER V. 



CHURCH UNITY. 

The great majority of successful revival efforts are put 
forth by a very few of the membership. 

It is a great deal to secure the nominal support of most 
of the members. At best, their efforts will be spasmodic, 
irregular and easily interrupted. If the pastor can secure a 
handful who will be watchful, prayerful and full of faith 
and the Holy Ghost, the great burden of the revival will 
rest upon them, while the mass will float with wind and 
tide. When the Spirit is poured out, and many are seeking, 
and shouts of joy ring through the camp, they are delighted, 
"feel well" and believe they have much religion. But 
when hell is stirred, and floods of ungodly wrath swell 
around them, away they go, and are not seen or heard from 
in the battles of God until another victory is proclaimed. 
Now, there is a real unity of the Holy Catholic Church, 
like a phalanx of veterans, that no assaults of Satan can 
impair. We are not to look for this unity in the visible 
Church or any organized branch of it, for we have no assur- 
ance for it. But all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ 
who are filled with the Holy Ghost, are one in love, char- 
ity, purpose and prayer, Jesus says: " I in them and thou 
in me that they may be made perfect in one," etc. John 
17 ; 21-23. When a little band of such disciples in any 
church steadily maintain that holy union which is cemented 
by the perfect love of Jesus, they can withstand any assault of 
Satan, for Jesus says, ' ' The gates of hell shall not prevail 
against them." But to expect that the entire membership 
of a certain church, say 100, will at once and altogether at- 
tain this perfect union by Christ Jesus, is more than I ever 
saw or ever expect to see. Such a consummation were de- 
voutly to be wished and prayed for, and may be approxima- 
ted by the help of God and spiritual leadership. Let every 
effort be directed toward it, and each individual member be 
warned, exhorted and encouraged to seek full salvation from 
sin and be V filled with the Spirit." And all who do this, 
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the pastor, pleading with sinners, bearing hardness and 
crosses and trials and much contradiction, with a courage and 
firmness, tempered with meekness and love, which will over- 
come every thing. Those who are thus united in the Spirit 
comprise the ''Holy Catholic (Universal) Church " in that- 
particular place. The "Visible" Church is a congregation 
assembled to promote that Holiness which is the bond of 
unity in the Invisible Church. Unless pastor and people 
seek for it, pray for it and expect it now, there will be end- 
less feuds, enmities and tumults growing out of unsanctified 
natures. The human mind is restless, uneasy, full of life 
and motion. Give it something great, grand and worthy of 
its powers, and it will soon be busily occupied in the great 
theme of Holiness. Holiness, a doctrine to be studied in the 
Word. Holiness, an experience to be enjoyed in the heart, 
Holiness, a life, to be lived before men. The Father sends 
the Son to save men from sin. The Son sends the Spirit to 
fill men with holiness. And these three are one. 

2. And how many times Satan opposes! 

In times of revival, various unforeseen hindrances 
will arise, which may almost entirely overthrow the work, 
and put a stop to further progress. If the work begins in 
the fall, hindrances will be found in the holidays. The at- 
tention of the people will be easily diverted, and the most 
of the workers will be lead away from that zeal, steady work 
and prevailing prayer necessary to carry on the work. The 
remedy is, looking to Jesus. Receive again the power of 
the Holy Ghost for fresh advances on the enemies' works. 

3. Church charities will come up. 

Some one, right in the midst of revival will sud- 
denly discover that the church is in need of cleansing. 
Doubtless the pastor found it out before the meetings began, 
but nothing was done at the right time, hence it must be 
done at the wrong time. Meetings are stopped, and all 
hands turn in and scrub out the church. A very, very 
worthy work in itself, but for all that a hindrance to revival. 
After that is disposed of, another proposes painting, or 
frescoing, or new heaters or carpets, or new steps, or a new 
bell. " Anything," says Satan, "will do, only so that they 
stop their soul-saving business." A man comes along and 



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wants to lecture on "Mythology," or "Humbugs," 01 some 
other creature, and so Jesus must be snubbed in his own 
house, and the false gods of paganism or science have a 
hearing. Lectures, many of them appropriate for a town 
hall, are introduced by courses at a dollar each, "making 
the house of God a house of merchandise. " (See John, ii; 16. ) 
"The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up." Mark the 
fact that none of those lecture courses are accompanied by 
a revival. The only cure is, looking to Jesus. If the pastor 
is not a spiritual man, if he does not long for souls and work 
for a revival with all his might, alas, for his people ! Their 
souls may, and doubtless will, starve for lack of the bread 
of life, unless they look to Jesus. Better far would many 
churches, laboring together in the Spirit, succeed in soul- 
saving without such a pastor than with him. Because, if a 
church and pastor have not the fulness, joy, life and salva- 
tion of Jesus, they must resort to worldly amusements, pop- 
ular entertainments and doubtful expedients to fill the house 
and treasury. 

4. But when a revival is in progress, and souls are be- 
ing saved week after week, when the church is rejoicing in 
God, and many having reached the blood that cleanseth from 
all sin, are full of the Holy Ghost, even then Satan some- 
times appears as an angel of light, and asks the pastor to 
preach on some particular topic out of the revival line, or 
the people invite him to a dinner, and feasting and unprofit- 
able conversation follow, speedily quenching the delicate 
spirit of revival. Wise indeed must the leader be who can 
meet and avoid or overcome all these side issues and hin- 
drances. The revival interest is quenched, and unless he be 
a man of unusual nerve and spirit he will give up, discour- 
aged, having saved a few, while the fields are white around 
him, ready for the harvest. But let him rally his band, 
tried and faithful few, seek renewed "power from on high," 
and again charge all along the line, and apparent defeat, by 
the blessing of God, will be turned to his victory by looking 
to Jesus. 

5. Many revivals cease long before ' ' the will of God, " 
because leader and people give up, discouraged. 

Satan makes his most furious onslaughts, rattles his 



most terrible sheet-iron thunder, shows his most carniverous 
teeth just before his most striking defeat. Too often such 
devices terrify the wilderness Christians, who are grasshop- 
pers before these sons of Anak. (Numb., xiii ; 33.) O! 
for a Caleb and Joshua to lead such an army over into the 
Holy Land ; 

" The land of rest from inbred sin, 
The land of perfect holiness." 

Dismay and confusion spread through the camp of 
Israel, and the leader, like Joshua, all night with his face 
on the ground, cries out, "What shall I say when Israel 
turneth his back before their enemies?" (Josh., vii ; 7) 
The secret sin in the camp must be discovered, and the 
wicked Achan punished. Then, and not till then, can the 
people of God prevail against their enemies. Such times of 
defeat, and trial, and discouragement may be turned to a 
glorious victory if only the people of God will "have faith 
in God I" The consciousness of a clean heart and a pure 
conscience, makes a saint invincible. There will be no real 
lasting defeat at Ai, if the people will unearth their sins 
like Achan, and turn them over to God for punishment. Let 
the pastor rally his faithful band, all who believe in holiness, 
all who ' ' go forward " day after day walking in the light ; 
let them humble themselves in the dust, and with tears of 
repentance over the sins of Israel, and groanings unutter- 
able for the descent of the Spirit, wait on God until He 
come. "And this is the victory that overcometh the world, 
ever our faith." If w T e believe that God is Holy, and is de- 
termined to make men holy, let us work for it, and expect 
it, day after day and year after year, and according to our 
faith it shall be unto us. The secret of success in salvation 
enterprises consists in finding out the will of God and then 
following it ! Don't make plans and pray God work them ; 
God bless them ! But find out the plans of God from the 
Word and the Spirit, and then work them ! If you work 
out God's plans you will have unmeasured success. 

6. We are in the enemies'' country. Canaan is full 
of Philistines, Idolaters and Sinners. 

They creep into the church and betray the cause of God, 



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Judas like. They get terrified and deny Jesus, Peter like. 
They do Paul much evil, Alexander the Coppersmith like. 
Thus are we continually "troubled on every side, yet not 
distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, 
but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." Our 
bodies, earthen vessels, are worn out, but renewed by grace. 
Our souls are heavy on account of the hardness of sinners, 
but refreshed by the Spirit ; we arise, faint, yet pursuing, 
and continue to press toward the mark for the prize : Holi- 
ness unto the Lord ! Faith in God proclaims the victory ! 
Every knee shall bow to Jesus ! either in love or fear, on 
account of the wrath of the Lamb. When nations are turned 
into hell, when kingdoms are shaking and thrones are totter- 
ing, and devils are hiding and rocks are falling, then shall 
be shouted the victory of the blood- washed, in holiness 
robes, like the sound of many waters, around the throne of 
God and the Lamb, saying: "Hallelujah! the Lord God 
omnipotent reigneth. Holy, Holy, Holy, the whole earth is 
full of thy glory." What a reward to stand among the holy 
there, even as we have stood among the holy here, to rejoice 
in their joy, to salute their king, the Saviour of sinners, to 
cast all crowns at his feet, and join the mighty chorus. 
What a victory that will be ! Glory be to Jesus ! 



THE PREACHERS. 



And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All pow- 
er is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost: 

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto 
the end of the world. Amen. — Mat. xvi ; 18. 

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at 
meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness 



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of heart, because they believed not them which had seen 
him after he was risen. 

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. 

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; but he 
that believeth not shall be damned. 

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my 
name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new 
tongues; 

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any 
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on 
the sick, and they shall recover. — Mark, xvi ; 14. 

And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased 
not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. — Acts, v ; 42. 

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every 
where preaching the word, — Acts, viii ; 4. 

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, 
which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the 
Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 

And the hand of the Lord was with them : and a great 
number believed, and turned unto the Lord. — Acts, xi ; 20. 

And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us 
go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have 
preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. — 
Acts, xv ; 36. 

And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, 
He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he 
preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. — Acts, 
xvii; 18. 

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I 
have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face 
no more. — Acts, xx;25. 

Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure 
from the blood of all men. 

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the 
counsel of God. 

And they went forth, and preached every where, the 
Lord working with them, and confirming the word with 
signs following. Amen. — Mark, xvi ; 20. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



PREACHERS AND PREACHING. 

Evangelists are referred to in the New Testament three 
times. 

1. Philip is called "the evangelist" in Acts, xxi ; 8. 
He was one of the seven deacons chosen by the Apostles 
(Acts, vi ; 5), who were "men of honest report, full of the 
Holy Ghost and wisdom." "He went down to Samaria and 
preached Christ unto them, and the people with one accord 
gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing 
and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, 
crying with a loud voice, came out of many that were pos- 
sessed with them, and many taken with palsy, and that 
were lame, were healed, and there was great joy in that 
city." 

Here we have a clear picture of the life, work and 
character of an evangelist. After Philip had ' ' preached the 
word of the Lord in many villages of Samaria," we find 
(v. 26) that the angel of the Lord called him to go south to 
Gaza, and on the way he fell in with the Ethiopian Eunuch 
and led him to Christ; thence the "Spirit of the Lord 
caught away Philip, and he went on preaching Christ to 
Azotus and Csesarea, traveling northward along the shores 
of the sea as an itinerant." At Csesarea we see the last of 
him recorded by Luke (Acts, xxi ; 8). 

Notice concerning this evangelist. 

1. He was not a permanent pastor nor a teacher, but 
a traveling revivalist. 

2 He was led to his worU by the Spirit of the Lord. He 
traveled afoot, "peripatetic! 7 '' and preached as he went, 
whether to a whole city, producing a wondrous stir and ex- 
citement, or to a Minister of state, riding in his chariot, as 
was the Ethiopian Eunuch. 

3. He gave full proof of his ministry. He healed the 
sick, cast out devils, and preached the gospel, fulfilling all 
the commission of Christ in Mark, xvi ; 15. These are 



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Christ's own marks of a gospel evangelist ! Can we consid- 
er ourselves called and anointed to this work unless "these 
signs shall follow them that believe. In my name shall they 
cast out devils, they shall speak with new tongues, they shall 
take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing it shall 
not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they 
shall recover." — Mark, xvi ; 17-18. 

4. Who lias any right to deny, modify, or change tit is 
Divine commission of the Son of God to his Apostles and 
Evangelists? 

5. If so called ministers of Christ do not have this 
divine seal to their labors, who has any right to dub them 
Christian ministers ? 

Where are the real successors of the Apostles ? Who 
goes from city to city, casting out devils, healing the sick, 
and preaching the real, pure, holy, mighty gospel of Christ 
" to the poor ?" What cities like Samaria under the labors 
of Philip, ' ' with one accord gave heed unto you, and with 
loud cries, and shouts of victory, unclean spirits come out 
of many, and where are the lame and palsied healed ? 
Jesus Christ gave this power and authority to his Apostles, 
to all of them, and their ministry proved it. Who proves it 
to-day? Is there not need of it? Is there not demand for 
it? Are not the sick abundant? Are not palsied plenty? 
Are not devils "possessing many" to-day? In the name of 
God and Bible truth, I ask where are those whose labors are 
followed by such signs and miracles ? Are the sick all 
healed, the sinners all converted, the churches all sanctified, 
the nations all brought to Christ, that we have no need for 
Apostolic power? Is the earth yet covered with righteous- 
ness, as the waters cover the sea? Is the church of Christ 
empowered with the Holy Ghost, as in the days of the 
Apostles? 

Who will dare assert so palpable an error? Who 
dares deny that our ofTorts to redeem the earth from sin and 
bring it back to holiness and God, are feeble, inadequate, 
trivial? 

A "million for missions" is the cry! What's that! Half 
a dollar a head ! A mere bagatelle. Price of a few cigars 
or one lecture ticket, or one cheap hat feather, or one brass 



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ring ! They sold all their possessions. They parted with 
their houses and lands. They went into the missionary 
work as if they ment business. They went out afoot, two 
and two, from city to city, and "laid their hands 5 ' on their 
converts, who then and there ' ' received the Holy Ghost and 
went out in power, turned over the Koman Empire and set 
up the throne of Christ in place of the throne of Caesar. " 

May God have mercy on US to-day! Where in the earth 
is there anything like that ? 

"Evangelists" they call themselves ! Do they act like 
Philip, or Peter, or Paul ? They gave all they could, all 
they had ! These get all they can. Did Philip ask for $100 
per week for his services ? Did Paul get free passes over 
the R. R. ? Do these modern preachers and successors of 
the Apostles make tents for self-support ? Does a silk hat, 
gold-headed cane, broadcloth suit, kid gloves and white tie 
endue a preacher of Christ "with the Holy Ghost and power 
from on high ?" Can the gift of the Holy Ghost be pur- 
chased with money ? Ask Peter and hear him reply. (Acts, 
viii; 20.) There is Simon and Peter. Which one properly 
represents the modern preacher, Evangelist or Apostle ? 
(Acts, viii ; 18.) 



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THE POWER. 



And. behold, I send the promise of my Father upon 
you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be en- 
dued with power from on high. — Luke, xxiv : 49. 

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is 
come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me. — ■ 
Acts, i ; 8. 

And with great power gave the Apostles witness of the 
resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon 
them all. — Acts, iv ; 33. 

When they heard these things, they were cut to the 
heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stead- 
fastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus 
standing on the right hand of God. — Acts, vii; 54. 

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their 
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the Apostles, 
Men and brethren, what shall we do? — Acts, ii ; 37. 

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: 
and the same clay there were added unto them about three 
thousand souls. 

And they continued steadfastly in the Apostle's doc- 
trine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in 
prayers. 

And fears came upon every soul: and many wonders and 
signs were done by the Apostles. 

And all that believed were together, and had all things 
common; 

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them 
to all men, as every man had need. 

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the tem- 
ple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their 
meat with gladness and singleness of heart. 



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Praising God, and having favour with all the people. 
And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be 
saved. 

Receive ye the Holy Ghost. — Jno., xx; 22. 

All filled with the Holy Ghost.— Acts, ii ; 4. 

Sent forth by the Holy Ghost. — xiii ; 9. 

Led by the Holy Ghost. 

Baptized with the Holy Ghost. 

Separated unto the Holy Ghost. — xiii ; 2. 

Prayed for them that they might receive the Hoi 5 
Ghost. — viii ; 15. 

Laid hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them. 

The Spirit gave them utterance. — xix ; 6. 

Everyone of you shall receive the Holy Ghost. — ii ; 38. 

These have received the Holy Ghost as well as we. 
—x ; 47. 

We are his witnesses, and so is also the Holy Ghost, 
—v ; 32. 

God giveth the Holy Ghost to them that obey him. 

Stephen was a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghosl 
— vi ; 5. 

Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost. — vii ; 51. 

God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost. — x ; 38. 

While Peter spake, the Holy Ghost fell on all them 
which heard the word. — x ; 44. 

On the Gentiles was poured out the gift of the Holy 
Ghost.— x; 45. 

John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with 
the Holy Ghost.— xi; 16. 

The gift of the Holy Ghost, purifying their hearts by 
faith.— xv ; 8, 9. 

Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye beJieved ? 
— xix ; 2. 

I go bound in the Spirit, — The Holy Ghost witnesseth. 
—xx ; 22. 

Agabus said, "Thus saith the Holy Ghost." 



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CHAPTER VII. 



THE POWER OF REVIVAL. 

The above passages, from the Acts of the Apostles, 
make up a ' ' Bible Reading " on the work of the Holy Ghost 
in the church. They contain some proof texts of the sub- 
ject, and as there is a vast deal of denial, of the Office and 
Work of the Spirit, in the church now-a-days, let us care- 
fully examine them and fortify our doctrine and experience 
by study of the Word, that our life may be modelled upon 
the Lord Jesus and his Apostles. 

1. Jesus commanded them, and promised they should 
"receive the Holy Ghost," ivhich promise, Peter says, was 
fulfilled at Pentecost. 

And it is carefully recorded there, just what signs and 
wonders should follow those who believed Jesus and received 
the Holy Ghost. 

The book of Acts is the record of things said and done 
by men who were filled with the Holy Ghost. The same 
•'things follow them that believe" to-day. They heal the 
sick, cast out devils, raise the dead, and preach the gospel 
with power from on high. Men are " pricked to the heart," 
"cut to the heart," compelled to cry out, "What shall I do 
to be saved," and believers are the more added unto them 
daily. Such are the signs of real Apostles, Evangelists, 
Pastors and Teachers ; any thing less is false, spurious, and 
without the ' ' power from on high " promised by Jesus. 

2. After they were rilled, they were "led," "sent," 
and guided by the Holy Ghost. 

How much this truth is abused, derided and denied by 
so-called Christian teachers and workers to-day ! Men who 
are after "the loaves and fishes," men who are looking for 
big appointments and large salaries, men who carry the 
purse, like Judas, get into hell before they get to Pentecost. 
They are very fond of saying ' ' they have no regard for 
spiritual impressions." 



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How different from these Bible men who were "led," 
"sent," "bound" by the Spirit, to whom the Holy Ghost 
"witnesseth," to whom the Spirit "saith," etc., etc! Which 
is right? By whom shall we stand? Did not the Spirit 
make an " impression " on them in these things, and did 
they not obey those impressions? Is not the "Holy Ghost 
given to them that obey?" And if modern preachers have no 
clear impressions, movements, etc., from the Holy Ghost, 
is it got because they do not obey "God?" Lord help here! 
And are they not just the class of men who have no widespread 
revivals, no great awakenings, no pentecostal churches who 
are filled with joy, fervent in prayer, mighty in the Scrip- 
tures, full of faith and the Holy Ghost? 

In the name of God and common sense, where and 
when has God repealed, recalled or revoked these commands 
and promises? What Christian minister or Doctor of Divin- 
ity has any authority from God to deny that ' ' these signs 
shall follow them that believe?" that Jesus will not "be with 
us alway, even unto the end of the world!" — Mat. xxviii ; 20. 

Where are the schools and seminaries that teach this 
New Testament to our future Apostles and Evangelists in 
its purity and simplicity, teaching them to look for the Bible 
signs of the work of the Holy Ghost in and with them? The 
prominent feature of the early church when they performed 
* 'Acts " was the presence and power of the Holy Ghost. 
The prominent feature of the modern church, while passing 
their "resolutions" is the absence of the Holy Ghost, the 
absence of these signs and wonders promised by Jesus, ' ' to 
the end of the world." The Spirit of God gave us the 
' 'Acts " of the Apostles. The Spirit of modern churches 
gives us the "resolutions" of the Apostles. The Resolu- 
tions are promises. The Acts are power. * 

Hell is paved with broken promises. Heaven is filled by 
the power of the Holy Ghost. Men who ought to have 
"power" from on high, put God off with "promises." 

These men of Acts made no promises, but trusted Jesus 
and received the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon them. 
They did not " go off to college nine years and then get 
nicely sanctified." They obeyed the command of Jesus, 
" Tarry until the power of the Holy Ghost cometh upon 



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you." Book learning brings no souls to Jesus. The men 
gathering thousands to Jesus are not "college bred" men. 
Witness Harrison, Moody, Jones, Caughey, Dr. Palmer, 
Inskip, and a host of others. The wisdom of men is fool- 
ishness with God. The early Methodists who shook heaven 
and earth, and shouted victory through the blood of the 
Lamb, were afraid of Colleges, trusted in the Holy Ghost, 
were jealous of the rivalry of the schools, and depended on 
the wisdom from above. The church, with her hundreds 
of schools and thousands of students, languishes without a 
tithe of the holy power and boldness which the Fathers had. 
We never see now-a-days such sweeping revivals in annual 
conferences as then, such mighty pentecosts as that General 
Conference had which elected McKendree bishop. The gen- 
eral inference, almost without exception,, is, the more of 
books, schools and science we have, the less of conversions, 
prayer-meetings, revivals, and witnesses to holiness. O! 
cannot God call a halt ? 

3. These men of "Acts " read no manuscript sermons, 
while halted by the roadside. They got up no ' 'literary cir- 
cles or scientific schools," but they did stop the mouth of 
hell, and overturn the throne of Caesar. They did not drill 
all their young candidates in the theories of "science falsely 
so called," but they did lay hands on them, and the Holy 
Ghost fell on them, and sent them out every where ' ' preach- 
ing the Word," converting sinners, sanctifying believers, and 
"there was great joy in that city;" for divers were healed 
of diseases, and devils were cast out of many. They did not 
stuff young converts with the unfounded theories of Spen- 
cer, Huxley, and Darwin, concerning the evolution of mon- 
keys into men, but taught the power of Christ to raise aband- 
oned sinners into sanctified children of God. They did not 
keep students for years pondering the fleeting hypothesis of 
one generation, only to be overturned by the foolish specula- 
tion of the next, and so on to infinite foolishness. Great 
God, awaken the church! How much of all this scientific 
guess work will stand in judgment fires? How much of it 
agrees with the abiding truth of God? "To the law and to 
the testimony; if they spake not according to thy word, 
there is no light in them." — Isa. viii ; 20. 



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They " spake as moved by the Holy Ghost," "as the 
Spirit gave the utterance." 

These speak as moved by the richest steward in the front 
pews. 

They "spake with boldness the word of God." 

These speak with caution the guess work of the colleges. 

They shouted aloud the praises of God. 

Tlieses&y order! order! Let everything be done decent- 
ly and in order, is their best text. 

They were "daily in the temple praising God." 

These go once a week and read a rose-water essay. 

They "preached Christ in every synagogue." 

These build a kitchen, and cook up stews in their syna- 
gogues. 

They witnessed for Jesus in the power of the Holy Ghost. 

These say "live it but don't say anything." 

They "sold their possessions and laid the price at the 
Apostles' feet." 

These make a festival and hire themselves to eat them- 
selves rich out of their own victuals. 

' ' By their fruits ye shall know them. " Reader, which 
is right ; which is the line of real Christianity ? 

God help us to decide by the word of God. 



CHAPTER VIII. 
i thess. v; 22. 



WHAT IS SANCTIFICATION ? 

To give a full and exhaustive reply would require a vol- 
ume. It is a great and glorious topic. But I will endeavor, 
in as brief a manner as may be, to define and explain it, and, 
if possible, throw light upon the question asked. For a full 
and complete answer, I refer the reader to "Full Salvation," 
a little volume by the writer on this topic. Briefly then — 

I. As to its NATURE, Saxctificatiojst is two-fold. 
It means : 



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1. To set apart (consecration) to a holy use. 

2. To cleanse from all sin or impurity. 

Webster defines it as that act of God whereby we are 
made holy, and (2) that act of our own by which we set our- 
selves apart to God. John Wesley, % the founder of Method- 
ism, says it is the devotion of all our heart and life to God. 
Wherever such devotment is made, God accepts the offer- 
ing, cleanses it from all sin and makes it holy, (1) by the 
cleansing blood of Jesus, *(2) by filling that consecrated soul 
with His Holy Spirit ! Jesus blood the merit, and the 
Holy Ghost the power, by which we are sanctified or made 
holy. 

II. This work of grace called sanctification, referred 
to in the Scriptures in hundreds of places, is for the children 
of God. j It is offered to them. God commands his children 
to be clean, holy, pure in heart, perfect in love, etc. It is 
not the first work of grace in a sinful heart. God first calls 
sinners to repentance, to forsake sin, to surrender the will, 
to plead guilty and find pardon for the past transgressions 
of his life ; to be born again, to receive from God a new 
heart, to begin a new life of love, joy, peace and obedience 
to God as their heavenly Father. 

This is embraced in what is called Conversion. This 
makes him, by the regeneration of the Spirit and adoption 
into the family, a child of God. Now he is no longer a 
"child of wrath, " not a "child of the devil;" no longer 
commits sin, no longer disobeys God, but delights to do all 
the Father's w T ill. 

By this work of divine grace, sanctification is begun in 
the soul. Just as the cellar and stone wall is the foundation 
for the future building. But the building is not yet up, not 
yet furnished nor finished. 

III. After this, Sanctification is the blessed work of 
the Holy Spirit in the soul of a believer. It is two-fold as 
to its mode. It is (1) gradual and (2) instantaneous. For 
sometime after "Conversion," the work described above, 
every child of God finds that there are "remains of the car- 
nal mind" in his heart. He does not yield to open sins and 
crimes. He has power over his inward evil nature, but he 
finds that traces of sin still lurk within his heart. Although 



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sanctification by the new birth is well begun, it is not yet 
completed ; it is a gradual struggling with inward sin. 
♦Sometimes he has great power given him over it, and again 
he gives up in fruitless despair, (a) He loves God, but not 
with a pure, holy, perfect love! (b) He prays daily, and 
cries out against the evil remains in his heart, but does not 
yet prevail in prayer, (c) His faith is weak. He does not 
realize that there is a full and perfect deliverance from sin 
for him. Hence he does not pray .in perfect faith, (d) He 
tvishes to obey God in all things, but finds his heart is not 
always cheerful in its obedience and loyal in its devotion to 
Jesus, (e) His will to do good is strong, but he is, by reason 
of these remaining traces of carnality, unable, and often un- 
willing, to say the Lord's Will be done in all things. He is 
conscious often of having a will contrary to what he knows 
to be the will of God. This represents (briefly) the strug- 
gles of his heart during the period of gradual sanctification. 
In some believers this "period" is longer, in others shorter. 
I have knowm the Lord to set before young converts so 
clearly, under plain instruction and powerful means of grace, 
their blessed privileges and high callings through the power 
of grace and the blood of the Lamb, that they soon realized 
entire sanctification. Thus this tedious gradual process of 
struggling and praying and hoping and fearing and doubt- 
ing speedily came to an end by the instantaneous ' ' act of 
God ' ' which finished the work. 

In this second work of grace, there is made an end of 
sin in the believer. This second complete cleansing from 
sin is what we mean by full salvation, perfect love, entire 
sanctification. So the Scriptures teach in s'cores of passages. 
[See "Fall Salvation," chapters 8, 9.] 

TV. The Means of entire sanctification. What 
are the means whereby the hungry, earnest, seeking Chris- 
tian finds this second grace : the full redemption of his soul 
from all sin. As defined above, it is a two-fold work : (1) 
Consecration, (2) Cleansing. That is, there is man's part 
and God's part. Man's part is to make a full consecration. 
God's part is to cleanse from all sin. Up to this time, 
whether a week, a year, or a decade, the Christian believer 
has not yet made a full consecration, and hence his sanctifi- 



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cation has not been full and complete. God can cleanse a 
man only so far as he yields himself up to Him. His giving 
up of himself, his time, his talents, his family, his property, 
his will, has been only gradual; step by step, reluctant and 
unwilling : hence his blessings, his love, his powers, have 
been intermittent, broken, partial, incomplete. But now, 
under careful, plain, scriptural teaching, after years of wil- 
derness wanderings, perhaps he is urged, encouraged and 
promised by the Spirit of Lord, the Word, the Leader, (1) 
to make a full, perfect and complete offering of himself to 
be finally and forever wholly the Lord's. (2) And also, in 
simple, free and perfect faith to believe God. He does so. 
He consecrates all to Jesus. All for Jesus ! He lays 
on the altar, for Jesus, his time, talents, voice, money, 
family, reputation — all he has and is, and last and hardest 
of all, his will, and says in all things, "T7iy will be done." 
Also, with the same will-effort of consecration, he trusts 
God, saying, with a full and free heart, "Lord, I believe 
thou art (1) able to cleanse me from all sin. Thy word 
says so in hundreds of places." And (2) "Thou art will- 
ing to cleanse me. Thy blessed love proves it. I know 
thou hast helped me in the past, pardoned and adopted me. 
Now I come to thee for cleansing from the last and least re- 
mains of sin." (3) "I believe thou art able and willing; 
yea, Lord, trusting on the promises of thy word, I believe 
thou art doing it. Thou canst not lie ! Father, I dare be- 
lieve the cleansing blood of Jesus is applied, to my heart 
now, and that it cleanses me, even me, from all sin !" 

V. Thus, briefly outlined, is the gradual process where- 
by man does his part, i. e. — makes a full consecration and 
trusts in Jesus in perfect faith, that what he is able and 
willing, he does perform. 

2. God's part is to cleanse and fill. 

This is always instantaneous. Man may be slow and 
tedious in coming to the Lord's terms, but when he has 
actually reached that point, God is faithful. At once the 
Holy Spirit accepts the offering, and gives the consecrated 
believer a sweet assurance that his prayer is heard and 
answered. A sense of purity, peace and rest comes to his 
weary, tired soul, full of refreshing and joy. He takes the 



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first opportunity to testify to this fact, and while resting, 
trusting and waiting for the fullness, he is suddenly "filled 
with the Holy Ghost," as on the day of Pentecost, and 
4 4 speaks the word of God with boldness ' ' and ' ' praises God 
from house to house, and having favor with all the people" 
(Acts, ii; 41-47), continues steadfastly in the Apostles' 
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread and prayers. 
He is now suddenly changed from fear and doubt and sin, 
to love, joy, peace and gentleness. A tide of holy love flows 
through his soul. Glory to God ! This wondrous baptism 
continues days or weeks, and when it subsides it leaves the 
soul in a blessed calm — the peace of God fills the soul. 

VI. Sanctificatlon is not only as to the fullness of the 
spirits' baptism, instantaneous, but it is also continuous. 
The blood that cleansed now continues to keep the soul 
clean — whiter than snow. (Isa. i ; 18. Psalms, li ; 7-10. 
Second Cor. vii ; 1.) The love, before broken and weak, 
now is perfect, pure, and abides. (1 Jno. iv ; 18.) Perfect 
love casteth out fear. The heart-ache of sin is cured. Fear, 
tormenting fear, is replaced by precious trust in Jesus. 
Glory to God ! It stays ! It continues ! Not all the emo- 
tion and overflow of passionate joy, but a calm, unwavering 
trust, and rest, and sweet peace abides. Full sanctification 
is thus (1) an act of God, whereby we are made holy, and 
(2) a state of pure love in which God keeps us holy. In a 
word, sanctification in its fullest sense simply means : A 
trustworthy soul, whose heart is ' ' kept in perfect peace be- 
cause his mind is stayed on Thee." 



AN OPEN LETTER TO A PREACHER. 



CHAPTER IX. 

You have been in your sermons insinuating, I under- 
stand, and preaching openly as well, against the subject of 
sanctification or salvation from all sin by our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 



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May I not ask you some questions ? 

1. What have you against the sermon on the mount * 
[Mat. v, vi, vii.] Is that not a clear, wonderful sermon on 
holiness ? Can yon improve on the heart purity therein 
enforced by Jesus ? Can you preach anything more clear, 
simple, and beautiful than that ? Is that not just what 
1 ' these holiness people * ' are preaching and living all about 
you ? Can we d 
lowers of Jesus ? 

2. Are there no other forces for your weapons f Can 
you find no evils to oppose in your town ? No saloons ? 
No drunkards ? No low and wicked sinners, no gay and 
worldly professors to warn, rebuke and improve, as an 
earnest and devoted minister of Jesus ought to do ? 

3. Do yon not enjoy a pure heart yourself ? Does the 
" sermon on the mount" condemn your own heart ? If so, 
why ? Do you not preach all and every part of the gospel 
and law of Jesus ? Do you not walk by this one rule and 
mind this one thing as a follower of the meek and lowly 
Nazarine ? Are you above your Master ? Did not Jesus 
teach purity, perfection, santification, holiness, etc. ? Did 
He condone sin, and palliate evil in the heart of man ? Or 
did He die to save men from their sins ? 

4. Whose gospel are you preaching when you de- 
nounce holiness, your own or Christ's? Did Jesus have 
sneers in his sermons against the meek, and pure in heart, 
the merciful and the children of God ? Or was the thunder 
of his wrath poured out on the false professors, the hollow 
Pharisees of his time, who paid tithes of small matters and 
neglected righteousness and the love of God, the weightier 
matters of the law ? 

5. To press the matter on your conscience more 
closely : Do you show to the world figs or thistles f Do 
you give men grapes or thorns ? Do you rescue the perish- 
ing, care for the dying, reform drunkards, and save men as 
brands from the burning by your kind of sermons directed 
as you direct them ? What are you doing to bring about a 
revival of holy love and saving power ? 

6. Do your members receive "times of refreshing 



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from the presence of the Lord" when you are "preaching 
against wild-fire ? " Do you build up your people in pure 
and gentle love, in meek and lowly character, Christ-like 
and divine, by your opposition to doctrines and experiences 
gathered and enforced from the word of God ? Does God 
wonderfully bless you and pour out His Spirit upon you after 
a "discourse on fanaticism?" Do you show the same 
fruits that these holy people do in revivals, sinners con- 
verted, saloons closed, churches crowded, warm, loving 
prayer-meetings full of tender, loving, and earnest Christian 
workers ? 

7. Had you not better go a little slow ? Does your 
conscience approve your judgment in your course of con- 
duct? Had you not better examine more carefully the 
Scriptures for yourself, and learn accurately what they are 
teaching ? Perhaps you are assaulting a man of straw, a 
figment of your own imagination ? Perhaps you have been 
biased by rumors. What objection could any man on earth, 
much less any preacher of Christ, have to the promotion of 
holiness? Are there not sinners enough, dead churches 
enough, needing resurrection and salvation ? Has God 
called you to preach and oppose holiness or sin ? Are you 
yielding yourself a servant of sin, or of holiness in this 
matter ? 

8. What good do you expect to accomplish? Whose 
soul will be helped by such a course ? May God help you 
to answer these questions to your own conscience, to your 
God on your knees in secret prayer. How can you answer 
these questions to your most devout and consistent mem- 
bers ? How will your course appear at the judgment seat 
of Christ ? Did God call you into the ministry for this pur- 
pose ? Do your people pay you a salary to promote sin and 
to oppose holiness? Are you all right and " these people " 
all wrong? Do you feel as sweet and cheerful and happy and 
conscientious in sneering at sanctification as they do in con- 
fessing it ? Who hath the smiles and favor of God ? Who 
gives proof of their fruits whereby men know them ? 
Jesus says (Matt, vii; 15), "Beware of false prophets," 
etc. May God help us to discern the false from the true ! 



CHRISTIAN DWARFS, OR SPIRITUAL TOM 
THUMBS. 



CHAPTER X. 

I COR. III. 

Many Christians, soundly converted, fail to go on to 
perfection or to manhood. Telios, Greek for "perfection" 
[Heb. vi; 1], means full age ; see margin. What do we call 
a child that stops growing at three years old and three feet 
high? Dwarf. Tom Thumb and Minnie Warren were 
Barnum's curiosities for years. But church dwarfs are no 
curiosity now-a-days. They are to be found on every side of 
us. They "can't" run, or talk, or pray, or work, or believe 
like full- aged men in Christ Jesus. ' ' Till we all come to 
the measure of a perfect man!" Paul says that babes in 
Christ ought to leave milk and eat meat, leave the principles 
and "goon" unto perfection. Such Christian babes make 
me think of children at school poring over their c-a-t, 
cat, d-o-g, dog. Year after year they refer back to their 
conversion, always telling about their first love and joys of 
pardon, as if the only experience of a Christian was to be 
born, regenerated. William Taylor says "there must have 
been a wxmclerf ul revival in this country about forty years 
ago," to judge from the testimony of many old babes who 
refer their best experience back to that early period. How 
thrilling and interesting it must be to a hungry seeker, or to 
a hearty young convert to hear these primer Christians, 
gloomily seated in a dark corner of the room for prayer, 
with one poor little oil lamp making darkness visible, 
crooning over a kind of d-o-g, dog, c-a-t, cat, sort of experi- 
ence ! Their stale prayers and exhortations chiefly re- 
counting such "trials and temptations," such seasons "of 
doubt and fear, many doleful plaints about Satan, and no 
shouts of praise to God, no hallelujahs, no joy or comfort, 
no grace mercy nor peace through Jesus now enjoyed. 

Dwarfs! stunted in the cradle! "Can't lift," can't 
"carry burdens," cair\ pray nor pay, nor go, nor send, nor 



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do anything for others. Simply babes, nothing more. For- 
ever dandled on the lap. Always crying for pap, or a rocker, 
or doll. Easily tripped, easily troubled, always nursed and 
carr' I by others. A few strong ones, nursing fathers and 
mothers in a church, but surrounded by peevish, fretful, 
quarrelsome dwarfs who ever cry "give," like a leech, and 
never give out help, hope or heart toothers. "When I 
was a child I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I under- 
stood as a child ; but when I became a man I put away 
childish things." "Now I know in part," (childhood of 
Christian life) but when I became a man I put away child- 
ish things. When that which is perf ct (telios, full age) is 
come, then that which is in part, shall be done away." In 
this 1 Cor., 13th ehapter, how clearly St. Paul contrasts 
childhood love ; imperfect, shadowy, vague, with manhood 
love, perfect, pure, strong, and clear. " Now," he says, 
in childhood, Christian infancy, "we see as in a glass 
darkly, but then" in the manhood of perfect love, full-aged 
love, " we see face to face." Jesus says, "Blessed are the 
pure in heart for they shall see God." The pure in heart, 
the full-aged Christians do see God face to face. This 
wonderful chapter is a clear, careful analysis of perfect 
love, "charity." Alas that so many children of God should 
for years wander in the wilderness of sin, "puffed up," 
"vaunting itself." Why do they thus linger for years over 
a dog-eared primer, droning the feeble prayers of a dwarfed 
soul, doling out the pennies of a pinched-up and contracted 
benevolence, babbling the childish language, and dandled 
on the knees of a nursery experience? Why do they expect 
forever the rose-water essays of a school-girl's rhetoric, 
instead of sound preaching, scriptural and spiritual ex- 
pounding of the word of God? May God send the people 
Pastors who shall lead the people into Canaan ; Teachers 
who shall graduate the Church out of the "first principles" 
of the primer into the "deep things" of God! 



"HOLINESS BY DEATH! 



CHAPTER XL 

DEUT. XXX. 



SNAKE TAILS. 

Yes ! sanctified by dying, but it is the death of sin — 
the sinful nature — not the death of the body, that God says 
must make us holy. 

When a boy, we used to kill snakes, and we boys had 
a proverb about snakes. ' ' The tail will wiggle until the 
sun goes down." This proverb seems to be the perpetual 
objection of thousands of Christians to entire holiness in 
this life. The "old man," "our Adam," the "carnal 
mind," "inbred sin," say they, must "wiggle until the sun 
goes down." 

Now brother, that is not the Bible theory of salvation 
from sin. The body does not sin. Bones, nerves, and 
muscles do not have a moral quality. Sin lies in the will- 
power of the soul! Examine this topic from Deut. xxx. In 
the first ten verses are ten "alls." They are the com- 
mands of holiness. God says, all that I command, with all 
thine heart, with all thy soul — gather thee from all 
nations ; love God with all thine heart, and with all thy 
soul ; that thou mayest live. God will put all these curses 
upon thine enemies which persecuted thee. Thou shalt 
obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments. 
The Lord will rejoice over thee for good, if thou turn unto 
the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy 
soul." 

Is that not holiness ? Is not holiness simply that? Do 
not these ten verses comprise the all of full salvatioD ? 
Indeed they do. 

Now notice in verse 11, God says, "This command- 
ment which I command thee this day is not hidden from 
thee, neither is it far oif . It is not in Heaven ! Look at 
that. Holiness first, Heaven afterward. 



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"It is not in Heaven that thou shouldst say, ' Who 
shall go up for us to Heaven, and bring it unto us that we 
may hear it and do iV " 

Holiness is not afar off, it is not in Heaven to be sent 
for. "It is not beyond the sea that thou shouldst say who 
shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us that we 
may hear and do it." — Yerse 13. 

O Lord, awaken these dead and sleeping Christians 
who think holiness is a far-away-up-in-Heaven, over-the-sea- 
unatainable sort of thing. Hear ye the word of the Lord. — 
Verse 14. 

' 'But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart that thou may est do it!" 

Salvation at your door ! Eight here is the spirit of 
Jesus, putting the words in your mouth, and the love in 
your heart. Keceive it, believe it, enjoy it ! 

Paul quotes and comments on this topic in Rom. x; 8, 
etc. Look it up and show it to others. Lord help here ! 
Hundreds of cold professors locate holiness in Heaven, 
some far-away-angelic, over-the-sea-after-death, transforma- 
tion, with no scriptural authority for it, square contrary to 
God's word. And many, many pulpits are telling their 
people year after year, "you must sin some, sin a little, " 
"tail must wiggle until the sun goes down." Death, black 
angel of hell and night ; Death, the "power of Satan," the 
"last enemy of all," must destroy sin, the devil's own 
work? Satan must cast out Satan, eh? Jesus has not 
power to destroy sin, has not power to " destroy the works 
of the devil" (1 John, iii; 8), according to that theory. So 
you must call in death to destroy sin? Nay ! Yerily, God 
in Christ is able ! He is willing. He must do it and will 
do it, or you will never get purity, peace or Heaven. 

The word (Logos) Jesus, is nigh thee. God sent salva- 
tion, peace and holiness down to us by Jesus. We have it 
here in our heart and mouth by His Spirit. We need not and 
cannot go up to heaven to bring Christ down, nor into the 
grave to bring him up. He has come down, and been 
brought up, God has no other Son, no other Saviour, no 
other way, " no other name" than the one He has sent us, 
the one he has given and offered the vorld. God asks no 



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odds of death. The disorganization of the body, the disso- 
lution of this earthly tabernacle is not the cleansing, saving 
or sanctifying power of the soul. The body is the soul's 
£age. Taking the cage to pieces releases a bird, but don't 
make a dove out of a crow — don't make a carrion-loving 
buzzard prefer clean food. 

Killing a snake's tail don't take the poison out of him. 
Brother, you have got to have the fangs drawn ! Got to 
get the poison out. An adder is an adder dead or alive. 
Death of the body destroys your (soul's) power to commit 
sin in this world, but the poison will go into eternity, unless 
your soul dies to sin (Rom, viz.), unless you begin to 
"reckon yourself dead unto sin," you will go into eternity 
sinful, you are in danger of eternal sinning. [Mark, iii; 29.] 
Death fixes our character forever. Die a saint, stay holy 
forever. Die a sinner, stay sinful, remain unclean forever. 
God help you, Brother. You may be dead to-day. Is it 
well with your soul? Would sudden death be sudden 
glory ? Ponder this truth carefully. May God bless and 
lead you into the light. 



"SAVED AND SANCTIFIED/' 



CHAPTER XII. 
acts, xxvi; 18. 

Testimony to the saving and sanctifying power of God 
is growing and spreading. Witnesses are found on every 
side. What one man knows is worth a ton of what others 
don't know. Christ Jesus says, "Ye shall be witnesses for 
me to the uttermost parts of the earth. " Let us do it. A 
witness is one who knows something and tells it. If you 
Know it and don't tell, you are a traitor to Jesus. If you 
tell it but don't know it, you are a liar. Now if you do 
know that "Jesus saves you" and the Holy Ghost sancti- 
fies you, why not say, "saved and sanctified?" Who ob- 
jects to such a testimony? Surely no minister of Christ 



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can object or oppose it! For Paul says (Acts xxvi; 18) that 
he obtained * 'forgiveness of sins, and (he did not say "or") 
inheritance among the sanctified." There seems to be a 
bitter spirit of opposition among some nominal Christians t# 
the testimony, saved and sanctified. They choose to 
say "or". They consider saved or sanctified to be the 
proper phrase. "If you are saved," say they, "of course 
you are sanctified," and contra. They seem to be deter- 
mined to deny the Word and words of God. 

1. God does not say "or". He says "and". You may 
find scores of passages for "and", none for "or". Paul 
says (Acts xxvi; 16) that he was "a minister and a wit- 
ness." May God raise up more like St. Paul who are min- 
isters and witnesses. Brother, what some ministers don't 
know about salvation, a full, free and present experience, 
would fill a big book. What God knows about holiness does 
fill a big book, and we call it the Holy Book. If you are con- 
scious that God teaches men that they may be saved and 
sanctified through the blood of Jesus by the Holy Ghost, are 
you not a deceiver in keeping back part of the truth? 

2. What right have you to change or deny a part of 
the Scriptures? Would Paul ask and urge the "holy 
brethren" at Thessalonica to be "sanctified wholly" if they 
had been wholly sanctified when they were saved? — 1 Thess. 
v; 23, 27. 

3. Did not Zacharias, [Luke i; 75] know enough to 
say and? When he prophesied "that we might serve God 
without fear, in holiness and righteousness' ' did he think 
that holiness was the same thing as righteousness? If so, 
why did he not use one word? Do you think that hosioteti, 
holiness, and dikaiosune, righteousness, are the same word? 
Did St. Luke think so? 

4. Did David know how to pray in the 51st Psalm 
(1 and 2) when he asked God to blot out his transgression, 
and cleanse him from his sin? Count the "ands" in that 
Psalm. Is there not one in every verse? 

5. Does Zachariah [xiii; 1] know why God opened in 
Israel a fountain for sin and uncleanness ? What does a 
crooked gun-barrel need? What does a filthy gun-barrel 
v^ed ? Do both need the same thing? Will cleansing make 



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it straight? Any child knows better! Brother! don't let the 
Devil fool you. 

6. A sinner is a crooked gun-barrel. fie always 
misses the mark. Hamartia is the Greek for sin, "to miss 
a mark." Hence the sinner needs to be made straight or 
righteous. He cannot hit the mark "until the kink is 
taken out of him." 

7. A justified sinner is one that has been made just, 
right. But he is filthy. Shot so long for Satan the barrel 
is foul, and taking out the Mnks did not cleanse out the 
burnt powder. Straightening a thing never cleansed it. Xo 
man who says "or" has common sense enough to see the 
difference or common honesty enough to admit it. 

8. Justification is one doctrine of the Bible. Sanctifi- 
cation is another. Both are separate, and clear in the Bible. 
It is doubtful only to doubtful Christians (full of doubt). 
Justification comes first. Sanctification comes second. Justi- 
fication adjusts my past relation to God and makes me right 
before the law, so 1 can hit the mark God has set up. 
Sanctification is the entire cleansing of my moral nature. 
The barrel [justified] now shoots straight, but not far 
enough. Cleansing gives us power, purity, freedom. . Bar- 
rel clean, the bullet flies unobstructed to its utmost range. 

The justified soul aims well at the mark, but always 
falls short of the target. The sanctified soul both aims well 
avd reaches the mark. This two-fold idea of sin as guilt 
and stain abounds in the Scriptures. The poet sings the 
praise of the two-fold remedy for sin, thus : 

;< Let the water and the blood, 
From thy wounded side which flowed 
Be of sin the double cure, 
Save from wrath a id make me pure." 

9. "Repent," says Peter, (Acts ii; 38) "and be bap- 
tised, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." 
Jesus did not pray for his disciples (John xvii; 17) in a vain 
or foolish manner, when he said to the Father, ' 'Sanctify 
them [his justified brethren, friends, disciples] through thy 
truth, (v; 19.) "For their sakes I sanctify myself that 
they also might be sanctified through the truth," or as in 



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margin ''truly sanctified." He did not say they "were 
saved when they were sanctified," nor "sanctified when 
they were saved." All Bible writers plainly recognize the 
need and means for the "second blessing," as John Wesley 
terms entire sanctification. 



CHAPTEK XIII. 



THE SLAVE OF FASHION. 



BY B. S. TAYLOR. 

Tune:— " Wayworn Traveler." 

I saw a slave of fashion, 

In stylish garments clad, 
Was " making a profession" (Rom. i; 22) 

So chilling, hopeless, sad. 
Her back was richly laden, 

Her cloak the latest style, (1 Tim. ii ; 9) 
Her bows and ribbons trailing — 

But I never saw her smile. 

Chorus :— And chains of bondage 

To style and fashion, 
Rings and ruffles 

She did wear. 
But she knew nothing 

Of joy md comfort, 
Of peace and pardon, 

Of praise and prayer. 

I saw she had a Bible, 

All bound in gilt and kid, 
She always took to meeting 

But never raised the lid. 
She watched the hats and dresses 

Go sailing down the aisle, 



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And counted all the buttons — 
But I never saiv her smile. 

Bhe wore a wondrous bonnet, 

All trimmed with birds and lace ; 
With paint and rogue and powder 

She beautified her face ; (2 Kings, ix ; 30) 
With feathers, chains and bracelets, 

With glasses, hoods and veils, 
With mantles, wimples, crisping pins, (Isa. iii ; 22)' 

0, how she spread her sails ! 

The preacher read his essay, 

The quartette sang their lay, 
The people bowed their stylish heads (Titus, i; 16) 

But none were heard to pray. 
They took a small collection 

For the heathen o'er the sea, 
And this gay and worldly Christian 

Gave the Lord one brass pen— nie ! (Mai. iii; 8, 9). 

She dreamed of balls and parties, 

Of gold and jewels rare. 
She tried to pass for pious — 

God never heard her prayer. 
And when they closed the " service " 

They glided from the show, 
• With stretched- forth necks and wanton eyes, 

And mincing as they go." (Isa. iii; 16.) 

She rode in " a stylish carriage," 

She taught her girls to sing 
1 The, gems from the latest opera;" 

How they made the parlors ring ! 
Her boys played dice and euchre; 

She gave them wine to drink; 
In seeking filthly lucre 

They soon began to sink. 

I saw her in her dotage, 

Her false waves cast away, (1 Pet. iii; 3) 
Her money lost, her husband dead, 



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Her children gone astray! 
No hope of God nor Heaven, 

No friends, no home, no care, 
No comfort from the Saviour, 

No faith, no love, no prayer. 

I saw her on her death bed; 

No fashion, pomp, nor show 
Could cheer her dying spirit 

Or smooth the way to woe. 
The stylish god of this world (2 Cor. iv; 4) 

From death gave no release, 
She sank away in terror, 

She cried, in vain, for peace. (Prov. i; 31.) 

I saw a cheap, pine coffin 

No sweet perfume was there, 
No silver plated handles, 

No mourners, not a tear. 
Her winding sheet was sackcloth; (lsa. iii; 24) 

Her " beauty burned " away; 
Where will her immortal spirit 

Spend the vast eternity f 

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GREAT VICTORY AT STORM LAKE, IA 

CHAPTER XIV. 

previously reported, » ^eefang There 

Iowa, swept on, inoreas ng eveiy ^ aay v fflcient t0 
were over a hundred tente,* ^ that gathered from far and 
accommodate the vast throngs 1 1 at g ommodations 

near over these "nf^SSl^Sbto to get beds, chairs, 
W ere rather poor; it seemed ? ™^ 98 «^ % t straw on the 

SJtttt'Sfta some* comforts added to the 



spirituality of the meeting. Harrison did 

Sister VanCott left us .»^jj™ hlndere d the con- 
not arrive, as was exited hut notmng^ ^ 
stant rising tide. The ave ™gf d from 3)0 00 to 5,000. 
-a°£ ^er^riTaS altar at once, and ,0 
STouid he saved at a single semce ^ p ^ 
Everything was let loose. ** om f m one en d of 
weeping and loud rejoicing could be heard ^ yQu 
the camp to the other. ine "^ the cooks and 
people in the choir wer aU «™d with the Spirit; 
aimng-tent hands were ,»£ £ ^n Souted and leaped 
the brother at the lunch counter Some were so 
with joy while waiting on the^ customer ^ & 
mightily sanctified and fi led wjh^a 
sieep for two J^^JjgT Some ladies of wealth 

spent the m S n V t LS the congregation loudly rejoicing; 
and culture went through tliecongs they went 

poor cow-boys were so »v^d ? camPf brmging 
weeping for joy an the ■Joanna convicted, 

many hard sinners to ' "pent^e. re p ^ ^^ 

converted, and j» tct 04 ,* JM* any ^ 
SmSK? wifcoSd and sanctified during the 
^ S. B. S. Taylor, pastor of the M. E. Church here. 



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was largely responsible for getting up and managing this 
meeting. Bro. Taylor is a sanctified genius; a powerful 
preacher, full of irrepressible wit and awfully in earnest. 
Sitting in repose, he looks like a tame, mild young man; 
but in action in meeting he resembles a cyclone — deaf and 
blind to everything but the currents that sweep him. His 
labors are abundant in all these regions. I advise him to go 
slower, or he may have nervous prostration. 

The expenses of the camp-meeting were nearly $1,000. 
The collections were all taken at the gate, and the bills paid 
easily, without taking any time to beg at the stand. 

I preached about thirteen times during the ten days. 
We closed to-day amid many tears and praises. God bless 
the pretty town of Storm Lake. 

G. D. Watson. 
Aug. 30, 1886. 



EARLY, IOWA, MEETING. 



C. W. HILTZ. 

Sept. 25, 1886. Our Generals, Bros. Taylor and 
Smylie, have gone to Conference, but we are holding the 
fort. There is a blessed spirit of unity and action and the 
manifest presence of God. All glory to His holy name. 

"I will follow Thee, my Saviour, 

Thou didst shed Thy blood for me: 
And, though all men should forsake Thee. 

By Thy grace I'll follow Thee." 

The indications are good. Hallelujah to our God. May 
the Lord help us for His sake to be doers of the Word and 
not hearers only. I am hid behind the Cross where I ever 
would abide. 

Sept. 26. Oh the grand, blessed meetings we are hav- 
ing. They are precious to our souls. I believe the work is 
just begun. There were some that said this morning that 



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they were coming to the light, they held out as long as they 
could, but it is no use, come we must. Hallelujah. The Devil 
is sullen and silent, but our God is giving us the victory. 
Bless His holy name. Wednesday night was an all-night 
prayer-meeting. It carried us back to the days of the Gar- 
den of Gethsemane. It was joy to our souls. We ask the 
prayers of the saints. Your brother washed in the blood of 
the Lamb. 

Sept. 28. Ed. Highway: Our tent blew down dur- 
ing a heavy shower yesterday, so we could not leave, but 
stayed to night meeting, and it was a glorious meeting. 
There were seventy out, all bowed in prayer but four, all 
gave testimony but these four and two or three others. 
Language fails me to describe it. I would not have missed 
the meeting for all the wealth of this world. Word this 
morning from Bro. Alford, six miles northeast of Early. 
There were twelve converted last night, making twenty- 
eight conversions in three nights. Hallelujah. Our God is 
at the helm! Boyer Valley for Christ is our prayer. No 
one ever saw such meetings. Men who never would go to 
meetings are being converted and are foremost in pushing 
the battle. Glory to God. 



THE JAMESTOWN, DAKOTA, CAMPAIGN. 



The meeting at the Methodist church last night was 
attended with more than the usual interest, though not so 
many in number. The discourse by Bev. Taylor was in- 
structive and entertaining, filled with original and impres- 
sive thoughts and ideas. He said every succeeding year of 
the Christian life should be the best and would be the best if 
professed Christians would live up to their duties and priv- 
ileges. Christians should live so they could bear and not be 
afraid of the watching that they were subjected to by the 
church and the world. The right kind of Christianity 
would not only stand the test of watching but would make 
the better impression on the world by it. Those who 



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shrank from the test had something in their lives that would 
not bear the light. He said there was too much bigotry and 
not enough charity in the churches. Some objected to the 
Catholics because there is bigotry among them. So there 
is, but there is bigotry in the Protestant churches too, and 
in the Methodist church. He would as leave take his 
chances for Heaven with a good Catholic as with a good 
Protestant. It is not the church name but the genuine 
Christian life and spirit that God takes into account. 

The Methodist revival meetings will be held in the 
Opera rink all next week commencing Sunday, Nov. 28th. 
afternoon and night. The meetings are to be transferred to 
that place on account of the church being too small to ac- 
commodate all the people who desire to attend. Eev. B. S. 
Taylor is an indefatigable worker, a man of remarkable 
physical and mental powers of endurance, and all who attend 
these meetings will at least obtain some new ideas that will 
make them think for themselves. — Jamestown Daily Capi- 
tal, Nov. 27th. 



CASSELTON, DAK, JANUARY 21, 1887. 



C. W. HILTZ. 

Last night was the greatest of our meetings. The Holy 
Ghost fell on the people and they came to the altar until 
there were three circles, or seventy-five in all. There were 
five young men signed a written contract to forsake the world, 
flesh, and the Devil, and live for God; yesterday, and last 
night they marched in together to the altar. I never was in 
such a Holy Ghost meeting before. Saloon men came and 
were at their wits end, not knowing what to do. Brother 
Taylor prayed with one in the back part of the church. The 
church is all afire, the children of God jubilant, and press- 
ing into the light. Brother Taylor is a power. He grow& 
grander every day, every one can see he is a man chosen of 



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God. Sisters Winger and Reid are doing grand work from 
house to house. We are going in for all North Dakota for 
Jesus. Let all those who love the Lord pray for us, and 
send us tracts and papers. The hotter the tracts are the bet- 
ter, for hell is let loose in this Territory. O glory to God 
that He called us to the front. Those can go back that want 
to, but glory to God, we are going to have the victory. "Hal- 
lelujah." 



THE FARGO CAMPAIGN. 



By Rev. S. W. Ingham, Pastor, 

IN PIONEER METHODIST. 

There can be but one opinion among those who attended 
the revival services conducted by Rev. B. S. Taylor, as to 
their value and efficiency for good. Brother Taylor is a 
man of unusual power for evangelistic work. Some of his 
characteristics are especially marked and worthy of atten- 
tion. He depends upon the bold and uncompromising declar- 
ation of the truth in its severest indictments of humanity, 
for arousing the conscience and arresting attention, and then 
upon a clear scriptural presentation of the plan of re- 
demption through Christ as providing pardon and full sal- 
vation, for leading awakened souls to Christ. This writer 
has never been associated with any other successful revival- 
ist who appealed so little to the emotional element in our 
natures, and depended so entirely upon the power of great 
truths plainly presented, for success. His teachings are 
purely Wesleyan throughout, and his afternoon lectures upon 
the "higher life" or sanctification, were, without exception 
the best we have ever heard. The results of his labors here 
were perfectly satisfactory. We think it within bounds to 
say that over three hundred were led to accept Christ 
through the movement, of which he was the recognized 
leader. So positive a man could not hope to escape criti- 



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cism, and Brother Taylor receives his full share. Still the 
power he wields is seen in the success attending the work in 
spite of the things deemed objectionable in his expressions. 
Fargo Christianity, for all the churches shared in the bless- 
ing resulting from his work, has reason to thank God for the 
providence which brought this worker to us at this time. 

We want here to record the fact that quite a number of 
our people joined the Praying Band, in their personal 
and house-to-house work for the salvation of souls, and 
found God's blessing attending them in their undertaking. 
Since the close of the meetings they are continuing their 
efforts with great efficiency and usefulness. We are look- 
ing for grand results to follow this continued work. 

The Praying Band contributed very largely to the suc- 
cess of the revival meetings. Curiosity to see the "cow- 
boy" and the "Band" gave Brother Taylor a large audience 
the first night he was with us. From that time the house- 
to-house work of the Band became an important factor in 
the movement. The cowboy visited every saloon, shop, 
store and hotel daily, with tracts and invitations to attend 
the meetings and to seek Christ. Many were the souls 
that found peace at their homes under the counsels of these 
devoted workers, without being present at any of the meet- 
ings. Many others attribute their coming and subsequent 
salvation to these home visits by various members of the 
Praying Band. The success of their work was as marked 
the last week of their stay as during any other time of their 
labors among us. May God's blessing thus attend them in 
every field to which they may be called. 

Many have asked as to the number that will be added 
to the church is consequence of the meetings. We do not 
know, as yet, what the numerical result will be. Thus far 
sixty names have been added to our list of members. At 
least twenty others have indicated their intention to unite 
with us, and new names are being constantly reported. 
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow." 



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THE WORK AT FARGO, DAK. 



Highway: Brother Taylor preached last night to a 
crowded house; not only all the seats, but all the standing-room 
being occupied, while we understand that many, being un- 
able to find room, turned away. There was manifested 
more interest last night than at any previous meeting, and 
more especially among the members of our church. To our 
shame, as a church, be it said, that we did not like the clear 
brother so well, when he first began to preach to us, nor 
give him that encouragement that he should have received 
here. We thought he talked too plain and said things that 
would have been better to have left unsaid. At last it came 
to some of us, your humble servant among the number, that 
it was not the fault of Bro. Taylor's sermons, but their 
merits that were hurting us, the truths of the gospel that 
he, through the power of the Holy Ghost, was hurling at us. 
It was ourselves, individually and as a church, that were at 
fault, and after he had hammered the truth into ns, and we 
had thrown ourselves at the feet of Jesus; sought and ob- 
tained purity for our own hearts, we began to feel ready and 
anxious to reach ont a helping hand toward the salvation of 
sinners. And, what may appear more strange, the sermons- 
no longer offended ns. Glory to God! The brother talks 
plainly, and it is plain talk that we want. If we, as a 
church, had made our paths straight, and been where we 
should have been when he commenced to preach to us here, 
I am quite sure that hundreds of sinners would have been 
already converted to the Lord. Then, in that case, two and 
one-half weeks would not have been largely spent in getting 
us church members so far saved as to be ready and will- 
ing to take hold and help save others. We growled at first, 
and said, "No man can practice what he is preaching to 
us,' 5 but now when our hearts are right in the sight of God, 
it all appears so very easy. Glory to God. 

The church being too small, we are going into the big 
skating rink to-night and we have faith to believe that there 



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is to be a wonderful work for salvation of souls, and an out 
pouring of the Holy Ghost, here in Fargo. Glory to God! 

We have dug up the hatchet, and in full war paint are 
going forth to battle, in the name of the Lord. We are en- 
listed under the blood-stained banner, and recruits are com- 
ing in. Our battle cry is "Dakota for Jesus !" And with 
Brother Taylor, as His lieutenant, to lead us to battle, 
and brother, corporal, Hiltz, and the Praying Band, out 
along the skirmish lines ; we are going to take the ' ' Grand 
Territory," by the grace of God, and drive out the legions 
of hell. Pray for us, brethren, pray for us ! We need 
your prayers, for we are waging the battle at the very 
gates of hell, this being one of the Devil's strongholds. We 
are enlisted for the war and are burning the bridges behind 
us. We are prepared to die in the last ditch, but to surren- 
der, by the grace of God, never. The Devil has reigned 
here with right hand for years, but we are here, in the name 
of God, to dispute, to contest his right to the metropolis of 
the ' ' Bed River Valley of the North, " and with brother 
Taylor, and his wife, and our dear and blessed sisters to help 
us, and brother Hiltz to bring up the forlorn hope, by the 
grace of God we will conquer. They are already crying out, 
"Let us alone," "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou 
son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not." 
Luke viii; 28. Yours for Christ. 

Isaac Franklin. 



FROM FARGO, DAK. 



Dear Highway: I have been a subscriber for your 
paper but a short time, but I want to tell you how glad I 
am to get it, and think you will be glad to hear how we are 
growing in the good work, which was commenced in the 
early part of the year. Bro. Ingham held night meetings 



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tor three weeks, then we had meeting two or three times a 
week until Bro. Taylor and Band opened here about Febru- 
ary the 10th or 12th, and the Lord has been in this work. 
Hundreds have been reclaimed, and one great blessing is — 
professing Christians have found where they were and have 
got into the blessed work, seeking and obtaining Holiness 
and "Blessed be God," we have some sanctified souls in 
our church and work. Last Sunday was a blessed day in 
the M. E. Church, fifty -seven souls were added and the com- 
munion and love feast will never be forgotten by any who 
participated in it. The Presbyterian, Congregational, Bap- 
tist and Scandinavian churches have all been wonderfully 
blessed, and even our secular papers allow great good has 
been done in way of reform. Oh, I feel to say in all places 
and at all times "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." 

My soul doth magnify His name, my blessed Lord and 
Master. We had a glorious meeting last night, God was 
with us, and though our pastor was not well, the meeting 
was not cold and slow, but full of riches and God's glory, 
and though the weather is cold and stormy, the young con- 
verts are about their Master's work. Yours, washed in the 
blood of the Savior. 

Mrs. J. S. Campbell. 

Fargo, Dak. 



A Fargo dispatch to the St. Paul Globe says: It was 
announced to-day that in the campaign waged in this city 
the past few weeks by the Salvation Band, under the lead 
of Kev. B. S. Taylor, every saloon, hotel, store and shop, 
and even disreputable houses in this city have been can- 
vassed, and sixty adults converted, with seventy-five more 
in the meetings, besides thirty younger persons. In addition, 
twenty-one converts were received in the Presbyterian 
church to-day. The largest hall in the city is crowded 
nightly. 



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.Rev. B. S. Taylor preached a very interesting sermon 
at the rink last Sunday night, incidentally on the subject of 
temperance but directly in answer to the question, "Was 
Christ a wine bibber?" He maintained that in the Hebrew 
of the old testament and the Greek of the new there was a 
distinction between fermented and unfermented wine, which 
does not appear in the English translation, in which . the 
common term wine is used for both, from which arises the 
misunderstanding on the subject. He also gave some very 
interesting chemical analyses of the different kinds of alco- 
holic beverages, their properties and effects upon the phys- 
ical system. Mr. Taylor discusses the question fairly, log- 
ically, scientifically and forcibly. He appeals to reason and 
judgment, and not to passion and prejudice, and no intelli- 
gent and attentive listener can fail to be edified by his dis- 
cussion of the subject. — Jamestown Capital. 



HILLSBORO, DAK. 

CAPT. HILTZ. 



Glory to God! Hillsboro for Jesus ! Such are the in- 
dications. As we left Brother Johnson's we marched down 
Main street singing, "We are Marching to Zion." The 
sidewalk was lined with people, at the depot standing- 
room was at a premium. We sang several pieces. It was 
a time never to be forgotten, and as the train moved out 
handkerchiefs were waved from every available point, bid- 
ding us God speed. We bespeak for them a grand and tidal 
wave of salvation, for they certainly have their hearts 
filled with the Holy Ghost; may God bless them in their 
meetings next week. Oh such glorious times God has given 
us with the people of Dakota. I cannot see what anybody 
wants to backslide for, when we can have such a Heaven 
on earth. 



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When we got to Fargo another reception was given us 
at the Niagara House. Words fail us to tell the joy and 
gladness at meeting old friends and new, all filled with the 
love of God. It was Heaven begun below. I never put in 
such an eight months of happiness. I am more determined 
to fight the good fight of faith. And with heart longings 
we left for Jamestown. Glory to God — that I am on the 
Highway of holiness ! 

HIKLSBORO. 

The Pastor writes: The revival has closed and a grand 
work for the master has been done, many souls born into 
the kingdom of His grace, a number sanctified, and the 
church quickened. 

The pastors of the two Methodist churches in Hillsboro 
are now preaching full salvation. They enjoy the blessing 
of perfect love and all are glad that Kev. B. S. Taylor came 
to Hillsboro and led them out of the wilderness into the land 
of Canaan. He has promised to be with us again in the sum- 
mer sometime with his tabernacle. — Methodist Pioneer. 



THE CAMPAIGN AT MINOT. 



B. S. TAYLOR. 

Monday, June 6, we set out. Two teams, three ladies, 
two men, our Praying Band, for a 200-mile drive over Da- 
kota prairies. Shipped the big tent by railroad. 

Took a compact tent 10x12, blankets, guns, baskets of 
canned goods and provisions, lariats, lantern, hatchet, oats, 
hay, bag and baggage; a complete camping outfit, to travel by 
day and camp by night, sleeping on the ground, eating on the 
grass, etc., etc. Camped first night at Pingree. Leaving 
Carrington at noon, second day out of Jamestown, we took 



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the R. R. survey trail almost due northwest for the Mouse 
river. Just as we left Jamestown a regular cyclone passed 
by a few miles northeast of the city, striking terror into 
many a poor sinner's heart. Women fainted, men locked 
their stores and ran for a cellar ; saying all manner of terri- 
fied things. As we struck out across the prairie we had a 
good view of the monster. Some damage was wrought, but 
no lives lost, we have since learned. A terrific tornado at 
Grand Forks a week later, killed a number of people and 
destroyed many buildings and wrecked a train of cars. But 
these things, full of terror as they are to guilty sinners, will 
be nothing to compare with the day of judgment. 

We met with no accident or incident the second day, 
and camped at the head of the James river, where it is six 
feet wide, and dry. Here we saw the last settlement. 
Rode forty miles the next day over a rich rolling prairie, 
and saw not a living soul of man. Ducks, geese, antelope 
and deer were startled from their quiet homes in this vast 
solitude. Camped the third night on the shore of a beauti- 
ful lake (called Wood Lake) a few miles east of "Dogsden" 
mountains. A fine grove, good water and grass made a 
pleasant camp. Next morning we lost our ' 'trail" a few 
miles out. In crossing "Wintering River" it vanished and 
we could not find it. In our perplexity the dear Lord 
showed us a peculiar providence. We were standing on the 
summit of a high mound. Far away for many miles no 
living soul could be seen. Ten minutes discussion had not 
elapsed when a horseman was seen galloping toward us. 
Was it an Indian? Was there a band of them behind him? 
We were midway between two great reservations and this was 
a favorite hunting ground of theirs. The ladies were silent 
and gave no sign of the anxious fear that filled their minds. 
The men looked carefully after the arms and ammunition. 
Soon his red shirt appeared, and when he reached us we dis- 
cerned the kindly sunburned face of a cowboy. He made 
us think of brother Hiltz. He put us on our lost trail, going 
several miles along with us, and showed us every possible 
kindness. We gave him copies of the papers we had to 
read and with kindly words of cheer he galloped back to his 
herd of 400 cattle. We reached Minot on the fifth day out, 



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camping the last night near " Scriptown" oil the southern 
bend of Mouse river. Here we found a good Methodist 
family, and God gave us a wonderful anointing for our work. 
Several in this neighborhood, twenty-five miles south of 
Minot, were blessed during the week. Some converted, 
others received perfect love. 

We found brother Hockett, the pastor, and family were 
well and happy, saved and sanctified. The big tent was all 
ready, and on Friday eve we began our campaign at Minot. 
Glory to Jesus, it was victory all the way through. The 
tent was crowded. The interest was intense. Seekers for 
pardon and purity were forward at every meeting. Every 
seeker was clearly and soundly converted. The Holy Ghost 
(all glory to Jesus), was present in power from beginning to 
end. The tide of love rose steadily until the latter part of 
the week, the meetings continued until midnight. It was 
difficult to persuade the people to go home and allow the 
band needed rest. Mrs. Taylor gave her personal experience 
Sabbath afternoon and many were melted under the blessed 
presence of Jesus. 

Sisters Keed and Winger gave Bible readings and praise 
meetings mornings and afternoons. We expected to 
break up at the end of the first week, but the people objec- 
ted, and so urgently, that we remained over the second Sab- 
bath, June 26th. It was a blessed day. Many young men 
were clearly saved and united with the church, several were 
baptized and forty received the communion. This puts the 
church well on its feet. They expect to go right on and 
build a church edifice, the first in the town. Minot is only 
a few months — less than a year — old. Has about 600 popu- 
lation, perhaps 800. It is on the extension of the St. Paul, 
Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad, about 130 miles west of 
Devils Lake. They are building the road due west at the 
rate of five miles per day, grading and track-laying. They 
have now reached the Missouri river at Fort Buford, and 
expect to reach Helena, Mont., this fall, I believe. 

The Mouse river comes down from Canada, making a 
great elbow through several counties, and returns back 
across the border. It is a beautiful country. The valley is 
full of good oak timber, and coal abounds. I think it the 



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most beautiful country I have ever seen in Dakota. They 
raise good crops of wheat, and cattle do well on the rich and 
abundant pasturage, often remain out all winter. 

We broke camp Monday morning and packed for home, 
bidding many dear friends a tearful good-by. God grant 
we may all meet again at Jesus' feet. Brother Hockett 
packed the big tent in his wagon, and brought it to Carring- 
ton, 150 miles, where we shipped it by cars to our next 
meeting at New Rockford, June 23-30. We missed h m at 
our camp the first night which caused us much anxiety. 
We took a different trail by mistake. At dusk we came to a 
lake where we found another cowboy and his herd. He took 
us into his camp and showed us much kindness. In the mor- 
ning he put us back upon our trail, only three or four miles 
away, north of us. Then we asked the Lord at morning 
prayers to direct us so that we should find Brother Hockett. 
It was a great trial of our faith. We knew that he had not 
a bite to eat, and was fifty miles from home. Would he go 
on or go back ? Was he north or south of us ? Should we 
look for him forward or backward ? Bless the Lord, He 
did wonderfully help us out ! When we reached the trail, 
we found no late tracks. We concluded that he had not 
passed us, we Were only a mile or two from Wood Lake 
camp. We drove back there. Standing on a high bluff, 
gazing over the vast inland sea of grass, we saw a distant 
speck. It moved. It came toward us. After half an hour, 
it was a gray team and had a white tent in the wagon. 
Soon Brother Hockett drove up to us. He was on the w T ay 
and intended to push onward at all events, trusting in the 
Lord. How blessed thus to be brought together, led by the 
Spirit of God. We had not lost much time or travel, and, 
turning round, resumed our journey. We reached Carring- 
ton, (camping the second night at the head waters of 
Cheyenne river,) at the end of the third day, and bidding 
Brother Hockett good-by he returned homeward. We 
reached Jamestown and our loved ones, Thursday evening, 
praising God for all his goodness ; weary and sunburned, 
but hearty, happy and filled with Jesus' love. Thus we 
have spent three weeks of our "summer vacation ." 



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STIRRING UP SINNERS. 



Jamestown Boasts a Minister Who Conducts Relig- 
ious Services 365 Days in the Year. 



His Success Phenomenal— He Expects to Produce a 
Social, Political and Religious Revolution. 



His Faithful Lieutenants, Known as the "Praying 
Band," Aid Him in His Conquests. 



The Women of the Party Frequently Conduct Ser- 
vices With Wonderfully Telling Effect. 



St. Paul Globe, Jan. 22, 1887. 

Jamestown, Dak. — Eev. B. S. Taylor, who was lately 
appointed to the pastorate of the Methodist church of this 
city, is conducting a series of revival meetings, which has 
already excited a deep interest, and promises to be product- 
ive of far-reaching consequences. Parties interested in the 
movement are not modest or backward in their claims, but 
confidently predict that before the end of the church year 
they will have accomplished a social, political and religious 
revolution in this city, and as the first great cause of this 
proposed and anticipated upheaval they designate Mr. Tay- 
lor and his phalanx of trusty and efficient co-workers. Mr. 
Taylor is a man of rich experience, both secular and relig- 
ious, and, although comparatively a young man, has 
preached in a number of States and been a missionary in 
South America. Previous to his appointment here he was 



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stationed at Storm Lake, Iowa, where he was remarkably 
successful, as well as in the towns to which he was 
called. He has gathered about him faithful lieutenants, who 
call themselves the "Praying Band" and follow him in his 

MINISTERIAL, MIGRATIONS. 

They are well known in this city and are largely instru- 
mental in creating the excitement and interest which is at- 
tending him. At the Grand Forks conference Mr. Taylor 
was present and addressed the ministers with an eloquence 
that electrified the whole body and caused the papers of 
that city to designate him as "the cyclone of eloquence. " 
In his first sermon in this city he startled the church with 
the announcement that he proposed to make his pastorate 
here one continuous revival meeting, and that services 
would be held 365 days in the year. This promise he has 
fulfilled so far, and with a result which is little less than 
wonderful. He is an intellectual man, a preacher of un- 
usual eloquence and is the possessor of a deep bass voice 
which easily fills the opera rink, a hall capable of seating 
1,200, in which he frequently holds services. Personally 
he has a slender, student-like appearance, with an evident 
disregard for the ordinary events of life, and a consuming 
energy to prosecute the work to which he has devoted his 
thread of existence on this earth. That he is in earnest 
has never been questioned. His efforts here have 

STIRRED UP THE DOUBTERS 

and unbelievers, endowed with renewed vigor the apathetic 
members of the congregation and engendered a newspaper 
discussion, editorial and contributional, that is probably 
unprecedented in the history of Northern Dakota. And 
yet the members of the band say that the work has only 
commenced; that they are only firing their small guns, and, 
with a species of defiance exclaim: "We will storm this 
town for God !" During the past two weeks Taylor and his 
followers have been stirring up a deep religious feeling at 
Casselton, and are now about to move on Fargo. One 
attache of the traveling exhorters is Brother Hiltz, alias 
the "Cow Boy Preacher," or "Nobody's Darling." He has 
been a professional tough and Western 




J. Y. EASTERBROOKE MISSWINCER 

MISS JAYNES. CAPT. H I LTZ. 



MISS READ, 



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FREEBOOTER FOR YEARS, 

but now brings thunderous invocation for divine assistance 
through his erst copper-lined larynx, and makes the tremb- 
ling sinner wonder where all the enthusiasm and seeming 
earnestness comes from. The women of the party are 
equally as earnest. They frequently conduct the services 
by themselves, and with telling effect. Taylor's meetings, 
in a crowded house, with dim uncertain lights, led by the 
rising and falling voices of the speakers, amid the broken 
wails of women, the unconscious surrender of unmistak- 
able emotions of anguish or gratification, the lowered heads 
of the congregation and the intense strain of expectation, 
throw over the room the spirit of incantation and strongly 
recall the expression of an African voudoo scene still occa- 
sionally witnessed in the negro quarters of the black sec- 
tions of the South. Whatever may be said, the man lay lor 
is agitating a class never yet affected in this new country, 
and attacking immorality with a force novel, yet powerful 
in its results. His unaided efforts— at the start— m making 
an issue of the intemperance of this city will probably bring 
two factions in the field the coming election— license and 
anti-license. 



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PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF CHAS. W. HILTZ. 



THE CONVERTED COWBOY. 



CHAPTER XV 

I was born near Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky, 
on the 7th of November, 1851. At two years of age, 
father moved to Baltimore, Md., where he still resides. In 
1860 father was taken down with small-pox, leaving the 
family without support. There were eight in the family. 
I went down town and secured a job of packing crackers for 
the U. S. Government, by this means I supported the fam- 
ily till father got well. He urged me to go to school. I 
would not, but I made an attempt to learn a trade. Tried 
sign-painting, but gave it up ; then bricklaying, this proved 
no better ; then I tried the farm, but did not like it. I was 
a great deal of trouble to my parents. Mother tried very 
hard to get me to give my heart to God but I despised her 
instructions, and made up my mind to run away. 

One remarkable incident that comes to mind : On the 
last Sabbath in Baltimore, Brother Lemon preached on the 
Prodigal Son. In the morning — his going away from home; 
at night his coming home, but I did not heed the advice he 
gave to young men ; and so on Tuesday, I think it was on 
the 10th day of August, 1867, I left my home, penniless. 
The first night, about 12 o'clock, I lay down, forty miles 
from home, hungry and tired. The next morning I asked 
for breakfast, which I got ; then started for Philadelphia. 
I stayed around this city for two days, then got work over in 
New Jersey on a truck farm, where I remained one sum- 
mer. In the fall I got into a fuss with the boss ; he was a 
republican, I a democrat. He wanted me to drive the 
wagon to market with Grant and Colfax banners. I would 
not, but tore them off two or three times. He was in a rage, 
and paid me off. 1 shouldered my trunk and carried it 
three miles to Camden. I then went over the river to Phil- 



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adelphia: I obtained work at New Town, Pa., on a farm. 
I stayed almost five months when I had another racket ; 
the boss and I were continually quarreling. I left him and 
went to Harrisburg, Pa., then I started for Baltimore, hav- 
ing been gone nearly two years. 

My folks were glad to see me, but my ugly disposition 
soon disgusted them. I could not get along with father; 
mother tried hard to get me to give my heart to Jesus. I 
did go forward one night to satisfy her, and I pretended 
that I was converted, but in a day or two I was up to my 
old tricks again. Get along I could not, so in June, 1869, 
I again left home; this time for the West. I got a ticket to 
Springfield, 111., where I found work, but my lustful heart 
made me trouble. I was going fast on the downward road 
to hell; but I did not care. 

For ten years I knocked around from one State to an- 
other till I had gone through nineteen States. I could not 
keep a situation more than two weeks. People would not 
have me around, quarreling, fighting, drinking, (though not 
to excess) lustful and hateful to everyone. I think it was 
in 1883 I started for the Black Hills country from Fort 
Pierre, Dakota, with only two dollars, and no weapons, 210 
miles to Deadwood, in company with a Mexican. We did 
not think of danger. In five days we arrived at Rapid 
City. He went to Deadwood, thirty miles distant; I started 
for Custer, forty miles south. About half way I took a job 
at driving stage, but I only drove a short season; got into a 
quarrel with the boss' son; left and went down to the Gap 
on a sheep ranch. I soon left this and started for Slate 
Springs, ten miles south of Buffalo Gap. Here I was told 
there were 17,000 Indians out. I started for Cheyenne 
Stage Crossing, eighteen miles west. About four o'clock 
one cold December day I got to Eight-Mile Ranch all right, 
but found several dead ponies. The "shack" (or house) 
was empty. Here, for the first time, my blood began to 
creep, for it seemed I was not far from the red-skins, 
neither had I long to wait. I tried to cross the river, but it 
was too deep, so I went around a bend, and on a rise 1 
spied the camp-fires. It was nearly dark but I could hear 



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them talking. 1 knew they had seen me, and the next 
thing was to get out of the way. 1 started down a canyon 
and came out on the river bottom. J crossed over, how, I 
don't know. But I knew I was wet and the ice was running; 
it was pretty cold. I kept on up the river and again crossed 
over, for I wanted to keep out of their way. My legs and feet 
were full of cactus thorns, but on I went, till finally I sat 
down under a pine tree, weary and exhausted, coyotes 
howling on all sides. Shortly I spied a light; it was a 
stage. I jumped up and hallooed, but they did not hear. I 
knew I was not far from the ranch, so I went about four 
miles. When I came to it I knocked. A Mexican came to 
the door; he looked at me; told me to come in; clothes were 
frozen on me and so were my boots. They soon had a 
rousing fire and a hot toddy; when they pulled off my boots 
the ice began cracking inside. Then I rolled up in a blan- 
ket and robe and was soon sound asleep. 

I then went to Greenwood Kanch. Here, as ever, I 
soon made trouble. The woman who run the ranch told 
me she could not keep any hands if I stayed, so I again had 
to go. 

So has been my life of ups and downs. I have traveled 
nearly the full length of the Missouri river, been hunted by 
savages, slept on the prairie with coyotes for company, 
and was always in trouble on account of my hateful dis- 
position. One instance more, to show my m^knness: I 
was one time working on what is called the New York 
ranch, twelve miles south of Stanton, Neb. We were 
about, to sit down to dinner, and one of the men wanted to 
get to the table. I would not get up for him and he tried 
to put me from the table; I grasped him and threw him 
across the table, breaking it in two, and down went all the 
victuals and ourselves on the floor. For this I had to pay 
$2.50 for my part of the dishes broken; I did not care, for 
it was fun for me; but another fight with the carpenter, and 
I had to leave. I then went to Texas, but one summer was 
enough for me; fleas and chigars were too much. I again 
went North. I stopped at Fort Nioboara, Neb., and went 
to work on a ranch, when the impression canre over me to 



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go to Iowa. I could not get rid of it, so 1 started across 
the country. I got to the line on a Sunday, about the 
middle of June, 1886. I walked about thirty miles, and 
stopped with an Englishman. At Lemars I drank the last 
glass of beer with the Englishman and his wife. I then 
went to Cherokee. Here the impression came for me to go 
to Storm Lake, Iowa. I did not care about going, so I 
started for Sutherland, thirty miles north; then I went from 
there to Sioux Rapids. Still Storm Lake rang in my ears ; 
so on Friday night I started for the lake. I walked twelve 
miles and slept in a school-house; next morning I took up 
my journey for the lake, where I arrived in time for break- 
fast. Every one looked at me, for I had on a duck suit, 
long hair, and a white hat, with this name on it: 
1 ' nobody' s darling. " 
The next week I got work on the south side of the lake. 
Here I was on my good behavior for the first time in years, 
though I was wild ; and while plowing corn I held mock 
revivals, and made very light of religion. On Friday, July 
2nd, 1886, I came to town. On Saturday the third, I took 
in the celebration. At night I laid down in the park to 
sleep. On Sunday morning the fourth, I awoke. There 
were people coming for a six o'clock prayer-meeting. I 
was looking on when a slender young man rode up on horse- 
back. He came in and passed me. I looked, and. thinks I. 
"Here's that Taylor 1 have heard about." He was a bad 
one on sinners. I was afraid of him, so I got behind the 
band-stand in the park (for I did not want anything to do 
with him) and took items. At the close I went up town 
-wearing about them Methodists, but I could not stay away. 
So at nine o'clock I again went. This time I sat on the 
outside of the benches, for I still was afraid of that Taylor. 
At ten o'clock he preached. Whew T ! how he did go for me. 
I never before had myself shown up as he did it. I got 
uneasy as I began looking at myself. At the close I was in 
a terrible state of mind. I started to leave the grounds, but 
could not. Several asked me to eat dinner with them but I 
felt too miserable. At two o'clock 1 sat about ten feet from 
the pulpit, for I was not afraid of that Taylor, but felt that 



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he was my friend. But the preaching by Brother Haney 
was too much for me ; I got up and went on the outside, 
and while sitting there, brooding over my past life, there 
was a terrible struggle going on within. There came in a 
young lady, and sat down beside me. Oh, what a contrast ! 
She seemed so happy, her face all aglow with the love that 
was in her heart, and I as hateful as old Carnality could 
make me. I could not stay there long, but got up and told 
her to take my place, for I was leaning against a tree, as a 
back rest, and went a bench or so further on. At the close 
of the sermon Brother Taylor jumped up, and shouted out : 
' 'Everybody shake hands and get acquainted. ' ' The young 
lady came to me and reached out her hand to me. As I 
took it, I felt my guilt, as a cold shudder ran up my back. 
She asked me, in a tone of tenderness, ''Are you saved?" 
I said no. "Well, don't you want t<? be?" I don't know 
what answer I gave her, but she talked to me just like 
mother used to. It was too much for me, I then told her 
how I felt. She wanted me to kneel down with her, saying 
I could: fend Jesus right there. Still I would not yield, but 
I gave her my hand that I would be out to the night meet- 
ing. Then she turned away. I tried to leave the grounds 
two or three times but could not, and as I walked to and 
fro, I could hear someone praying in one of the tents. The 
thought flashed through my mind that they were praying 
for me, which made me feel more miserable. At seven 
o'clock preaching I again sat within a few feet of the pul- 
pit. I was in a terrible state of mind, and decided to leave 
— when in comes the lady who had spoken to me, and sat 
down, facing me. 1 could not leave then, she seemed to be 
my guardian angel. Finally I went forward. How long I 
was there I know not, but I do know all my burden rolled 
away, all agitation of mind stopped, and I had a joy I never 
had known before. I went right out into the congregation, 
shaking hands and* asking them to come to Jesus ; when 
something whispered to me, "If I was you I'd set down ; 
they are laughing at you." It was the first time I had 
thought of myself, so I sat clown, when the lady came to 
me and said, "You testify." I arose and testified what the 



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Lord had done for me. While talking, I broke up into 
tears, the first time I had a cry since I was a child. 

I stayed on the ground that night. On the next morning 1 
started out southeast, confessing Christ as I went. I got 
work at Stenhouse's, ten miles out, in what is known as 
Fanning's school-house neighborhood. Here I thought of 
mother. I had not written to her for fifteen years, so I 
wrote her a letter. I did not know whether it would find 
her or not; it did, and back came the answer that there was 
no sleep in that house, but rejoicing. And with it was 
this, that on the 25th of June, 1886, they had a special fast 
and prayer that God would hunt me out and convert me: 
and on the 4th of July he answered. 

The first day, as I was telling my experience, I was told 
they had no preaching for a year, and that there were no 
Christians there. On Saturday I came to the town, got 
cleaned up, hair cut, and got some new clothes. I remem- 
ber as I sat in the church next morning, no one knew me, 
till Brother Taylor (pastor) told them; then they came and 
shook hands, saying they did not know me. Bless the 
Lord ! "old things had passed away, and all things became 
new." 

I listened to the testimonies and two grand sermons on 
Sanctification. I saw I did not have it all and at night I 
went forward for it; and, praise the Lord, I got it. I went 
home to my work, ten miles distant, one of the happiest of 
men; the distance seemed very short; as I walked, I walked 
with Jesus. I got home about 2 o'clock in the morning. 
Mr. Stenhouse told me I need not work that morning, a& 
he thought I was tired;T told him I could work, for I felt 
fresh. He said he would not have had that walk for a 
dollar; I replied that I received more than a dollar; he 
asked me how much I got, (for he was a skeptic). I said 
that I had got full and free salvation, and as I related my 
experience he was silent. I found two that day that were 
hungry for salvation; and as I would talk to others I found 
they all wanted preaching in the neighborhood. 1 went to 
Brother Taylor and told him about it. He told me to go 
back, trust in the Lord, and set the community on fire. 



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and he would come down and help me. I went, and as I 
went, distributing holiness papers and talking with them, 
my soul was filled with joy. Everyone wanted a meeting, 
and as I had the promise of two groves I went at it in 
earnest. I asked no one to help, and, when the bills were 
struck off, how mad they were. They refused me the 
groves, and there I was — a meeting on my hands and no 
place to put it. The Devil said: "If I was you I would 
skip out and let them get along the best they can; you ain't 
got anything anyway." But I knew that would not do, so 
down on my knees I went and asked God what to do. I 
got up and wrote a letter to the parties about the grove, 
Back came the answer in large letters, GO AHEAD ! Oh, 
how good I felt, that I had gained the victory. The meet- 
ing was set for August 7, 1886. I had the whole neighbor- 
hood stirred, for I confessed Christ wherever I went. The 
time came. The first night we had a good meeting; then 
a back-set. People would not come out through the day 
and very few at night; but our faith was in God. On the 
last Sabbath we had a pentecost, after an all-night of 
prayer. The meeting closed after two altar services, in a 
halo of glory. Soon after a class was organized, and they 
have kept up prayer meetings on Wednesday night, and 
services on the Sabbaths. They have had five revivals 
inside of a year, and are still pushing on for more. On 
the morning of the ninth day we had a glorious love feast 
at Brother Fanning's, who, with his wife, was converted 
the night before. It was a time never to be forgotten. 
Then we loaded our tent and started for the Lake. While 
on the road I leaped from a wagon and started up to a 
house, and, on rapping, a lady came to the door in tears; 
said she wanted salvation. I went down to the wagons and 
related the news. Brother Taylor and band went up and 
prayed with her and she found peace. 

Coming to the Lake we began preparations for the an- 
nual camp-meeting, which commenced on August 19, 1886. 
During this meeting I drove a team for the boarding tent. 
On the wagon I had painted on one side, ' 'Holiness or 
Hell,'' on the other, "Holiness to the Lord," on the end- 



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gate, ; 'Prepare to meet thy God, " and 1 went to and from 
camp singing. I had the Devil all stirred up at my 
actions. All night I was pleading with sinners — every one 
had to hear about Jesus. 

At the close of this glorious camp I went out with "The 
Praying Band.'' I remained with them until after Confer- 
ence, when I helped Brother Taylor pack up for Dakota. 
When the call came for me to go, I said, "Yes, Lord." 
When I started for Jamestown I did not have the second 
suit of clothes, not a bit of preparation for the long winter, 
for it was then the latter part of October, but I went, trust- 
in the Lord. There never was a happier band of pilgrims 
anywhere than the band that left Storm Lake. It was on the 
26th clay of October, 1886. We sang and praised God clear 
through to Jamestown, over 700 miles. We took every- 
thing by storm. Arriving at Jamestown I commenced dis- 
tributing tracts and pasting up hand-bills, warning sinners 
to flee from the wrath to come. Meetings were held every 
night, except Saturday night, for eleven weeks. The Band 
visited from house to house., in the saloons and stores r 
shops, etc., some days making 100 brief calls. Temperance 
tracts were ordered from New York, and sowed broadcast,, 
as well as other tracts, and in the six months' winter cam- 
paign over 100,000 were distributed. Meetings were 
held at Tower City, Casselton, Fargo and Hillsboro. in 
which I took an active part. Every place of business was 
visited with tracts and invitations to come out and hear the 
Gospel, and at every point our efforts were crowned with 
success. On returning to Jamestown the city was pasted 
with mammoth posters from one end to the other. 

In the latter part of May I made up my mind to go home 
and see mother, whom I had not seen for eighteen years. 
When I had fully made up my mind to go, I did not have a 
cent, neither would I accept any, but I started out on 
naked faith. The church remonstrated, but go I would, and 
before I had gone 100 miles I had fifty dollars handed to me 
to go and see mother. What a glorious trip I had ! Dis- 
tributed tracts on the cars and at stations. At Chicago, 
where I arrived on Saturday morning, I remained over 



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Sabbath; attended six services; had a glorious time. On 
Monday I resumed my journey, sowing the good seed as I 
went. On Tuesday at three o'clock, two hours out of 
Baltimore, I telegraphed to father that I would be in Balti- 
more at five o'clock. Then as we sped on, what thoughts 
flitted through my mind as I neared the scenes of my child- 
hood days. Almost before I was aware of it we pulled into 
the depot at Baltimore. As I stepped from the cars, look- 
ing out among the sea of faces, I recognized father's. He 
did not know me, as I looked at him, (for he was looking 
for me in every direction) until I said "father!" then he 
threw himself into my arms, and how the tears did flow; 
while the multitude looked on; neither of us could say 
a word for a long time; then we took up our journey for 
home, four blocks away. As we turned the corner I saw 
mother standing in the door, my step was changed from a 
walk to a quick step, and as I embraced that good old 
mother (who had prayed so long for her boy, and who 
never gave up the hope that Gocl would answer her prayer 
and save her boy, ) how my heart was broken up and tears 
flowed afresh; and the brothers and sisters, some I had 
never seen before, now grown, and some of them married, 
with growing families about them. It was a scene never to 
be forgotten. While in Baltimore I had a grand time. I was 
there four weeks, and attended thirty-five meetings, and 
also distributed hundreds of tracts; then started for the 
West again, and up till the night before the train started I 
did not know where the money was coming from, when a 
man stepped up to me and handed me twenty-five dollars. 
I sowed the seed as I returned; arrived at Storm Lake, Iowa, 
on the 2d of July; on the 4th I had a glorious time celebrat- 
ing my spiritual birthday. One week later I attended camp 
at Pickerel Lake, where I got a wonderful baptism; I have 
been here four weeks, and pushing the work. Will tend 
camp at Sioux Kapicls next week, and I can say that God 
has wonderfully led me; I have wanted for nothing — all 
my needs were supplied, and I have received a great deal 
of money, which has been faithfully used for his glory, 



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and while this, my first, year has been the best, it has been 
full of trials; and yet, looking to Jesus I can sing: 

"I will follow Thee, my Saviour; 
Thou dids't shed thy blood for me, 
And though all men should forsake Thee: 
By thy grace I'll follow Thee. 



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PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 

OF 

ELLA MAE WINGER 

OF THE 

" DAKOTA PRAYING BAND/' 



CHAPTER XVI 

October 1, 1887. 

I was born in southwestern Iowa, 1866. My parents 
were among the earlier settlers of western Iowa, conse- 
quently did our trading at Council Bluffs, thirty-five miles 
away. 

My depravity and self-destruction began early in life ; 
my first experience in that line occurred on one of these 
trips to and from Council Bluffs, which, thanks be to God, 
was never repeated. We were carrying home some brandy 
in bottles, and I considered it a freak of fun to drink from 
one of them. My parents only laughed at me, which gave 
me license to drink more when their backs were turned. I 
soon became hopelessly intoxicated. I crept to the back of 
the wagon on some sacks of grain, and fell into a drunken 
stupor. I fell out of the wagon, and lay in the road watch- 
ing them drive on ; too much overcome to alarm them or 
even be concerned about my welfare. They soon missed 
me, however, and hastened back after me. When con- 
sciousness returned, I found my mother weeping over her 
five-year old daughter — drunk. After an almost death 
sickness I completely recovered and have been a radical 
Prohibitionist ever since. 

I cannot remember when my mother first taught me to 
pray. I always loved the Lord. My religious training was 
begun in the depot of our village ; where I first learned 
Bible texts and sacred songs. My first religious impression 
was made during a protracted meeting when I was seven 
years old. I had a great desire to join the church, but was 
afraid to make it known, lest I should be laughed at. I 
urged my older sister to join, but she said she was afraid 



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they would ask her to pray. I said I thought the prayer 
would come natural enough after we had once joined. 
These early convictions never left me. I well remember my 
first lie; such pangs of conviction as shot through my soul. 
I never let evil temper get the better of me, but that re- 
morse and conviction of wrong filled my heart ! My parents 
were eventually converted ; our house became a house of 
prayer, better influences surrounded me, and at the age 
of eleven years I gave my young heart to God. I made 
many resolutions to always say my prayers, always go to 
prayer-meeting, never give way to my temper, etc. , which I 
vowed before God I would keep ; especially my temper, 
which was becoming a source of great annoyance ; almost 
personating " The boy that had spells " in Luke, ix. After 
I had passed through a siege of evil temper, I would go off 
alone and hate myself awhile ; then Godly sorrow would 
fill my soul, and I would weep over my sin and ask God to 
pardon me. The dear Lord would bless me, and I would 
make new resolutions, and start over again. In this way 
five years of my Christian life was spent. I held myself 
aloof from dances, theatres, dress parades, etc., but of 
course took part in church social festivals, and even church 
theatricals, for everybody said, "These are necessary to 
build up the church and keep the young people together. " 
Consequently I committed no out-breaking sin to my own 
personal knowledge, except when my evil temper got con- 
trol of me ; then I would weep, repent, and get back my 
blessing. Sinning and repenting was the program of my 
life, as it is of many in a justified state. My greatest desire 
had always been to work for Jesus, and at this time I had 
fully made up my mind that I would be a Missionary when 
I got rid of that evil temper — if that could ever be. I felt 
the Lord calling me early in life, but my excuse has 
always been ' I am not good enough ; ' " Physician heal thy- 
self." At the close of my school life I felt the Spirit calling 
me, but turned a deaf ear. I had tried so many times to 
make myself better, and failed, that I at last cried: "O 
Lord, if you want me to work for you, you will have to 
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My attention was turned to the skating rink then in 
"vogue". I knew nothing of the evils connected with it, 
so there was a question in my mind if such amusement was 
good or evil. I at once decided to let it alone, but I heard 
rumors of church members and ministers' daughters skat- 
ing, and even ministers looking on; so I stepped in one day 
to just see for myself. I saw, to my amazement, members 
of my own church mixing in with the world. It was the 
same crowd that attended our church socials, but I thought 
that the name (C. S.) "covered a multitude of sins." The 
Devil reasoned with me that it couldn't be so very bad a 
place, and perhaps if more Christian people would fre- 
quent there, it would be a better place, and I ought to at 
least try it once, and, if my conscience condemned me, to 
go no more. To satisfy myself I tried it once and came home 
with a very guilty conscience, I was ashamed to ask forgive- 
ness as my guilt was caused by wilful disobedience. I, 
however, decided not to go again. The devil then said: 
"Your nature is too sensitive; other people are not so, and 
you need that accomplishment in your society circle." I 
tried it the second time and felt better than after the first. 
The third time decided I was over-sensitive, and so went on 
and on until I became a professional skater. O, my friends, 
beware of "The tree of knoivledge of good and evil." Satan 
said unto me: "Thou shalt not surely die." It was death 
to my spiritual life. I found excuses to stay away from 
prayer-meeting. The holy Sabbath day was spent enter- 
taining young company, promenading, riding or boating. 
At this time I read my Bible often, and prayed, or rather 
said, my prayers at night. I took pleasure in reading my 
Bible though most of it was a riddle to me. In secret 
prayer my waywardness came up before me and I felt the 
Lord didn't hear me, yet kept it up from duty. 

When I went to prayer-meeting and heard old professors 
tell of having ups and downs and making crooked paths all 
their lives, with no hope of deliverance, 1 felt that my ex- 
perience was as good as theirs. At times I had a burning 
desire to live nearer the Lord, but so long as I could find 
no release from that besetting sin, I would almost despair, 



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and wonder if death would release me. While at Storm 
Lake, Iowa, I listened six months to Brother Taylor's plain 
Holiness preaching. On one occasion while at the parson- 
age. I had an intense desire to have him ask me about my 
soul, so I might open my heart to him, and perhaps he 
could lead me into that perfect rest of soul that seemed to 
envelop him. The desire not being accomplished, I re- 
solved at any rate to try to live a better life. When he 
preached that Ave could live without sin it seemed almost 
incredible. One evening I walked up the aisle to ask for 
an explanation, but he was called away and I let it pass. I 
finally resolved to give up worldly amusement if that 
would give me peace; attend closely to the means of grace 
and sec retly try this plan of living without sin. I didn't 
presume to get where I could be sanctified, but resolved, 
if I did, to live it but never to tell it. I was here convicted 
of that one awful sin in my heart, and would sometimes 
cry out in anguish to God — 'O Lord, how long, how long; 
can I ever be patient, long-suffering and enduring ?' 

I was always glad when the night for prayer-meetmg 
came. I never had a spirit of prayer, but gladly listened 
to the sweet-pleading tones of those dear saints that seem a 
benediction to this earth. As their words seemed to bring 
.heaven and earth together it was a feast to my hungry 
soul. I would set there like a dry sponge and by the time 
meeting closed had soaked in quite a blessing, I would 
go home resolving to keep that blessing till next meeting if 
nothing happened to upset that sin in my heart, but some- 
thing usually happened which found me in the valley next 
week.. You see my experience was up hill and down and 
more down than up. I did sincerely wish to have that 
sin uprooted, but didn't want to be sanctified, because the 
world opposed holiness, and I was averse to doing anything 
the world might oppose. 

On removing from Storm Lake to Schaller, Iowa. I 
went into the church w T ork with a new zeal. I was on 
hand at Sunday School and also every sociable. We con- 
sidered them harmless little ten-cent affairs for lifting the 
church debt. At first we were so conscientious as to 



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hardly play a game; then, to keep up the interest, added 
charades, then tableaux with red lights, then theatricals. 
The Devil told me I was doing a great work for the 
church, also elevating society. I believed him; if he should 
tell me that now I would tell him he lied. However, this 
caused my spirituality to decline, and I took more interest 
in the outward appearance of the church than giving food 
to the inner man. The Lord at this juncture sent us a 
•Holiness teacher that showed me plainly my duty as a pro- 
fessing Christian. I loved worldly honor, position, and 
much of this world's folly, yet I could not conscientiously 
go on after the world and profess Godliness. I saw my 
duty plain and acted accordingly; kneeling at the altar, 
thinking the act would bring the blessing, my first object 
was to fulfill the doctrine of the church and not be a stum- 
bling block by any longer opposing it. "Brother Fred" 
labored with me earnestly, telling me I must consecrate 
myself to God, give up the vain pomp and glory of the 
world, laying aside all carnal desires of the flesh, etc. I 
earnestly prayed God for grace and guidance, yet it seemed 
more than I could do, but God had his hand on me and 
held me to my duty, for every justified person ought to he 
sanctified. The next day the Lord said to me: "Will you 
give up, go on and get all the Lord has for you, or back- 
slide?" It was hard to give up all, yet to look back, death 
(to the soul) stared me in the face. I said: "Yes, Lord; 
here goes ambition, honor, home, friends, style and fash- 
ion." And sure enough, the Lord takes the besetting sin 
out, too. 

O the precious, precious blood ! O the cleansing, heal- 
ing flood ! A great tidal wave of cleansing blood seemed to 
surge through every part of my being, beginning at my fin- 
ger ends. My heart was so empty and the load of sin gone. 
Then I cried, ' Come, Lord Jesus, I'm thine, body, soul and 
spirit.' O, the light that came into my soul, bringing new- 
ness of life ! When I testified to the blood, the Spirit wit- 
nessed with my spirit that I was a new creature in Christ 
Jesus. The saying is true: "It's hard dying, but splen- 
did after you're dead." Old things had passed away. How 



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plainly 1 saw that gold and pearls and costly apparel found 
no place in a sanctified heart. My voice, time, talent, my 
all is consecrated forever to the Lord. I saw the Lord 
didn't need me to form a co-partnership with Satan to raise 
the preacher's salary by means of theatricals, oyster sup- 
pers and taffy-pulls, for the silver and gold belongs to the 
Lord, and the cattle on a thousand hills. Praise his 
name ! 

11 All the trifling things of earth, 
Seemed to me of little worth." 

I loved the word sanctify. Instead of keeping it a 
secret I wanted to get on the highest pinnacle and shout 
it into the ears of every Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, 
etc., to the ends of the earth. My friends looked and acted 
different, the air seemed more pure and the sunshine 
brighter. For weeks after my new life, June 20, 1886, I 
felt the personal presence of the Saviour. I could feel the 
touch of His hand. On waking in the morning I gave my- 
self into his keeping in child-like faith and arose with the 
intention to serve, love and please him. I talked to the 
Lord and he answered me so plainly I could almost hear with 
the natural ear. The glory of God seems to fill my soul as I 
write it. During these weeks of spiritual feasting and 
rapid growth, the voice kept saying, "Now you are ready, 
go into my work." My pastor and friends said I was mis- 
led, but the voice was in my heart day and night ; I said, 
'Lord give me some token from thy word.' He gave me 
Psalm ii ; 8. Now, give me one more, Lord, and he gave 
me the 71st Psalm ; then I said, 'Yes, Lord, I'll go.' But 
my parents came up against me so strongly I thought I could 
withstand no more, when he pronounced this woe upon me: 
• ' He that loveth father or mother better than me is not 
worthy of me." 'Enough ! enough !' I cried, and sank out 
of self into Christ. I am His to go and do as He wills. I 
am out in the world with my trunk for my home, but His 
boundless love makes up all the rest. 

I am your friend, washed in the blood, 

Ella Mae Winger. 



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THE PRINCIPAL POINTS IN MY RELIGIOUS 
EXPERIENCE. 



Oct. 7, 1887. 

I was born in Ashtabula Co. , Ohio, April 2, 1851. When 
I was about three years old, my parents came to Iowa, 
located in Linn county; then moved to Tama county, where 
we, a family of eight children, grew to be men and women. 

When I was nine years old we had some good Baptist 
neighbors who organized a Sabbath 'school. This was the 
first time in my life I had the privilege of attending a 
school of this kind. Oh, how happy I was, when the hour 
came to go. We committed our lessons to memory, in 
which I took extreme delight. 

When I was about twelve years old a Baptist minister 
commenced a revival meeting in our vicinity. He was an 
earnest worker, and a sweeping revival was the result of 
his efforts. My father was converted and also many of our 
neighbors. I too became convinced that I was a sinner, 
and how my childish heart did ache. I wanted to be a 
Christian, and wished my mother would take me by the 
hand and lead me to Jesus, but no, we were only children, 
and she thought we might go to the altar through excite- 
ment, as we were not old enough to know what we were 
doing. Mother had been brought up in the Episcopal 
church, and thought it not necessary to make so many de- 
monstrations on the subject of religion. She believed it 
was a shame for a woman to speak in church. So I had no 
encouragement to be a Christian. My sad heart found no 
rest in Jesus, I was only a child and was crowded away 
from Him. Oh, too often do parents forget that the dear 
Savior said "Suffer little children to come unto me and 
forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God." — 
Luke, xviil; 16. 

Am thankful that the dear mothers of this enlightened 
land having a better understanding of the Scriptures now, 
and those ideas, in many souls, represent an age gone by. 



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Several years passed by, and I continued going to 
school in the country. Those old convictions returned at 
times in a slight degree, but my heart was chilled in the bud, 
and so I continued to live in sin. Our parents brought us 
up very strict morally, and sent us to church and Sabbath 
school. I was a very quiet girl and spent much of my time 
in studying. At the age of seventeen my parents sent me to 
attend a school called Addison's Collegiate Institute in Ben- 
ton County, Iowa. The teachers were Baptists and had 
dBtire charge of us. The following winter I attended again 
and w r ent to their Tuesday night prayer-meetings. My 
early convictions returned with more force than ever. 1 
became so sad that I could not enjoy the meetings, so I 
stayed in my room to study. The chapel was just below 
my room and I could not help hearing them pray. Every 
prayer would send a new dagger to my heart till I would lay 
down my books and cry. We were not allowed to leave our 
room unless we attended the meeting. There I w T as, shut 
up where I had to hear them pray, could not study, and oh 
my lacerated heart ! what should I do ? I knew not. 

Three weeks passed away and no change, till I made 
up my mind that I would be a Christian. Went to the 
meetings, and the time came ; they began to testify and I 
began to tremble — oh ! could I get up and say anything ? 

It seemed as if I must weigh a thousand pounds ; how- 
ever, with a desperate effort, I sprung to my feet and asked 
them to pray for me. A spiritual shock seemed to go 
through many hearts and they shed tears, and it resulted in 
a lively meeting. I was next morning in my seat ready to 
begin my lessons. Jesus had saved my soul, and I was 
happy. Glory to Jesus for .His saving power. 

At the age of nineteen, I began to teach — opened my 
school each morning by prayer ; enjoyed the work hugely, 
and found I had not missed my calling. My spiritual life, 
however, was an up-and-down one. I sinned every day and 
supposed that everybody did ; was very conscientious, and 
prayed every night for the Lord to forgive all my sins, and 
believed he did. 



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I was afterward immersed in the Baptist church, but 
did not unite with it ; thought I would try to live a good 
Christian life out of the church, and, if I could, then I 
would join it. This was a temptation of Satan, for "where 
there is union there is strength." Of course I grew cold 
and worldly. 

We moved to Traer, Iowa, where I united with the Con- 
gregational church. We had festivals and ice-cream sup- 
pers, and entertainments in the church, in which I delighted 
to take part. We were gay, and put on all the style we 
could obtain. My heart was very proud, and I was ever 
eager to have something nicer than any one else. 

In the spring of 1881, I went to Denver, Col., for my 
health; soon regained it, and joined the Good Templar's 
Lodge. Did all I could to help the cause along; was very 
particular of my company; would not for the world be 
escorted by a young gentleman who would taste a drop of 
intoxicating drink. I tried earnestly to be a consistent 
Christian every day, but did not think of praying with 
them, and get their souls saved. Have learned better now 
and find that when they are saved and filled with the love 
of God they have no appetite for liquor. 

In the spring of '83, 1 was teaching a colored night-school, 
and clerking in a store through the day, when I received a 
telegram that my brother, who was an engineer in Norfolk, 
Nebraska, was hurt, and for me to come immediately. I 
went, and found that he had been buried three days. My 
heart was too sad to be described. His train was draped 
in mourning and the town in a muffled excitement. He 
had four little boys, under twelve years old, whose mother 
had died three years before. My mother had cared for 
them most of the time since the death of their mother. 
Now we were left alone to care for them. Their fathers 
means soon came to an end, but our friends, who were 
handling our business, said we should be supported by the 
public till the railway company settled with the children. 
Mother had more than a hundred dollars, which was 
a present before she came into the family, and thought it 
not her place to support the family, so we said nothing 



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about it. 1 also had a few dollars. Here was a temptation 
to sin, and we yielded. 

In the spring of 1885, I came to Storm Lake, Iowa, 
and made my home with my sister. Attended the M. E. 
church, of which Kev. B. S. Taylor was pastor. He preached 
full salvation. "Holiness without which no man shall see 
the Lord." — Heb. xii ; 14. He said we had a root of bit- 
ternes in the heart, which is called inbred sin, and in order 
to be fully saved we must have that c'eansed out. We looked 
at him in astonishment and thought him a peculiar piece of 
humanity. I knew I had been converted, and joined the 
church, and supposed I was a sure candidate for Heaven. 
His preaching disturbed us terribly. He did not believe in 
festivals, nor fairs, nor worldly amusements — wouldn't have 
anything of the kind in the church. Only think of a minis- 
ter talking so to a church which had been participating in the 
same every few weeks before he came. He seemed to have 
no mercy on us ; he made us think of a flaming sword sent 
to slay us all, if we did not obey the commands of the Bible. 
He said we now had the light of full salvation, and we 
were responsible. We must be cleansed from all sin, and 
he proved all his statements by the Bible. He would make 
one think of an auctioneer selling his last articles — when he 
says: "Going! going!! last chance; who accepts ; now or 
never ! ! ! till we would feel as if all eternity was open be- 
fore us, and we must be cleansed from all sin, or woe would 
be our destiny. He showed us our hearts till we could see 
they were not right. 

I found I was backsliden in heart, and was not aware 
of it before. I was not willing to acknowledge it, however, 
any more than hundreds of other church members. Some- 
times I became angry, and thought I would only go there 
to church till I got acquainted with the people in the Con- 
gregational ; then I would have some peace, for he brought 
the sins of my heart before me all the time. Somehow he 
drew the masses, and great crowds came out to hear him, for 
he never failed to interest them. 

When Autumn came, we had a camp-meeting, and a 
conviction came upon me, for I was a backslider. I took 



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part in the meetings but did not have a clear experience. 
During the winter we had series meetings. I went to 
the altar for the cleansing, and the Lord showed me the 
great wrong of deceiving the people and not telling them of 
the money we held in our possession while they cared for 
us. I felt very badly, but said nothing about it to any one. 
The Devil said you better not be sanctified, for that will 
come up in the court, when you attend the suit with the 
railway company, and that will not become a sanctified 
soul. So I put it off, but often went to the altar because 
the rest did, and not because I was an honest seeker, (I am 
ashamed to say). However, one night I went, and felt 
quite happy, but did not testify for fear I should shout. 
Went home, and, as we sat at the fireside, we talked light 
and trifling as to how we must appear before a man of 
Brother Taylor's ability; for some of us would ask how 
anyone felt under the power of the Holy Ghost. Little 
children did not ask their teachers how they felt when they 
learned their letters, and why should we be so foolish, etc. 
I soon started to my room, and said, as I went I intended 
to be a good Christian anyway, whether I am sanctified or 
not. My sister said, "What did you say?" and I repeated 
my statement. As I opened the stair door something came 
down upon me like a mighty shock and I gave a scream, and 
said, what is that ? My sister thought I was frightened, or 
sick, and ran and got the camphor. I told her I was not 
sick. I sat down and began to cry, and was pale as a sheet. 
I felt as if I had received a terrible shock from an electric 
battery. I tingled from head to foot, and I realized that 
some Supreme Power had taken hold of me. At once I 
felt condemned for the way we had been talking. Sister 
said she thought we ought to pray. We did so, and asked 
the Lord to pardon us for talking so. A young lady who 
stayed with us caught a glance of the shock and was much 
impressed. 

Do you wonder if I was made happy by this strange 
occurrence ? Well, I must say, no, not by any means. I 
knew the Lord had rebuked me for trifling so, though I was 
not aware that any received a baptism of the Holy Ghost in 



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that way till afterward. The tempter came at once ana 
said, don't you tell any one. So I did not attend church 
the next night, but stayed with my intimate friend and im- 
parted the secret to her. The tempter seemed to follow me 
everywhere. I had not received the blessing because I was 
not worthy of it, and was very unhappy. 

Time drew near to attend the court, and I tried to go, 
and tried not to go ; prayed the Lord to blockade the rail- 
way so I couldn't go. The roads were blockaded, and I 
tried to^believe I could not reach the place in time, at least 
I did not want to. Our attorney was disappointed that I 
did not come, and I did my best to convince him that it was 
impossible to come. I tell you the Holy Ghost had possess- 
ion of me and I had but little peace of mind. He showed 
to me that I must acknowledge to the attorney all the de- 
ception that I had used, money matter and all must be 
brought in, which I did, and received a complete pardon. 
Then did the Lord fill my soul, for the last speck was gone. 
He seemed to annoint me for his work. My soul floated 
out free in the Holy Ghost, and ever since I have been 
walking close to his side, and winning souls to Him. Glory 
to His holy name for calling after me. 

I will say, by way of warning to others, that it is use- 
less to expect all the fullness of God, and the sanctifying 
portion of God until the full price is paid and every hinder- 
unce is removed. 

I now praise the Lord for sending Brother Taylor to us 
to preach such fire-like sermons, and show us the errors of 
our ways, or I and many others might yet have been wan- 
dering around in our sins. Wish the Lord would raise up 
hundreds of such Holy-Ghost preachers until holiness would 
be written upon the heart of everyone who professed the 
name of our blessed Jesus. 

Maey J. Bead, 

Saved and Sanctified. 
Member of the "Dakota Praying Band." 



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AN OPEN LETTER TO A PREACHER WHO 
FIGHTS PROHIBITION. 



TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY. 



CHAPTER XV 0. 

You discourse upon "things deemed permissible,'' and 
misquote your text the first "thing." Rom. xii; 2 reads: 
Be not conformed to this world. Your whole discourse, if 
correctly reported by the papers, is a terrible perversion of 
fche text and its teachings. It is misquoted and misapplied. 
1. You say "God's commandments do not forbid a man 
to drink wine." What face have you to say this, standing 
over an open Bible which thunders: "Woe to them 
that tarry long at the wine. — Look not thou on the 
wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup. 
when it moveth itself aright. It biteth like a serpent and 
stingeth like an adder." — What a life-like picture of a wine 
party ! "Who hath woe ? Who hath sorrow ? Who hath 
contention ? Who hath babblings ? Who hath wounds 
without cause ? Who hath redness of eyes ? They that 
tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. " 

2. You say, "there are not too kinds of wine" men- 
tioned in the Bible, one new and the other old, one sweet 
and the other fermented, one harmless and the other intoxi- 
cating, one always called "tirosh" and the other "yayin" 
in the Hebrew, one always spoken of in blessing, the other 
always spoken of in warning, woe and cursing ; one fresh 
grape juice, harmless, medicinal, refreshing; the other fer- 
meted, alcoholic, intoxicating, devilish, damning ! If you 
don't know that, you are not fit to teach a district school 
comprising three idiots, a blind girl, and a pair of deaf 
mutes. 

3. You say, "Jesus created intoxicating wine at 
Cana." Jesus made 42 gallons of liquor to make a wedding 



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dinner a scene of drunkenness and debauchery ! Jesus 
turned loose upon the party what "biteth like a serpent and 
stiugeth like an adder ! " Jesus gave them a barrrel of 
mixed wine which filled them with "woe, sorrow, conten- 
tions, babblings, wounds, redness of eyes ! " They lacked 
in merriment, so Jesus (you say ?) turned bartender and 
' ' set up the drinks " by the gallon ! Jesus set the house 
in an uproar of jolly good fellows who "won't go home till 
morning ! " Jesus supplied a feast with liquor, and if they 
did not all roll under the table, it was not because He did not 
give them plenty of a wine which ' ' since the apostles' time 
has always been of that nature that would intoxicate ! " 
Forty-two gallons of free liquor, and if they did not all reel 
and stagger to their homes it was not the fault of the Savior 
who "came into the world to save sinners." 

4. You "oppose extreme views of prohibition, but 
would heartily favor such prohibitory steps as might meet 
the general consent 'of all." Blow hot and cold. In the 
name of common sense what prohibition will suit the 
saloonist and the saint: the drunkard and his wife ? — What 
law will please the law-maker and law-breaker *? What 
penalty satisfy the innocent and the guilty ? What statute 
suit the good and bad, the lawful and lawless ? Yes, you 
would like to trim through this world so that you might 
please all classes — the dancing, gambling, drinking, thea- 
ter-loving Christians, so-called, and the holy God of heaven, 
the temperate, sober, pious saints of the church as well. 
Jesus had you in mind when He said, "Woe unto you 
when all men speak well of you — Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon — if any man love the world the love of the Father 
is not in him. — Whoso will be the friend of the world is the 
enemy of God." You seek to delude men with the notion 
that they can go to a holy heaven to enjoy the presence of a 
holy God and spend their lives here in all unholy conversa- 
tion, lascivious balls, meretricious theatricals, drunkard- 
making wine parties, etc. God's word asks you, "Can a 
man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned ?" 
and you reply that "the child may be taught to use and 
not get burned" ! Suppose you read Prov., vi; 27, and 



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apply the subject to wine as the wise man does to the 
sinful woman. God does not there recommend the license 
of brothels as a means of promoting purity. 

5. You say "abstinence should never be enforced for 
this destroys the virtue of the act" altogether. Sins against 
marriage, and brothels should not be suppressed by a pro- 
hibitory law ! Do you advocate a brothel license ? Do you 
expect to have one next door to your young family and home? 
ISo. Then excuse us ' 'temperance fanatics" if we protest 
under all forms of law against a saloon trap next door to 
decoy our boys into drunkenness. If you have any legal or 
moral right to employ prohibition for brothels in behalf of 
your girls, I have equal and exact right to employ the same 
law in behalf of my boys against the seductive, polluting 
and damning rum traffic. 

6. You say "prohibition of anything in itself useful is 
tyranny." Have you never heard that identical argument 
used for social crimes ? It is common to urge licensed 
prostitution as a protection to marriage ! License rum- 
sellers as a protection to sobriety ! Look at these two argu- 
ments side by side. As if a virtuous woman needed to have 
a dozen open public houses of shame licensed and taxed by 
law to protect her character ! As if the prohibition of such 
houses and characters in this city "destroys the virtue of 
woman altogether ! " But license this nefarious trade of 
the scarlet women, and surround our young girls by scores 
of temptations, and then, you say in theory, " if, like the 
Savior," she remains pure, "the action will have moral 
worth." 

7. You say, ' ' Is there then not the strongsst ethical 
reasons for opposing it ? " (legal prohibition?) Yes ; if you 
want to see how far your boys can go and not fall into the 
gutter. If you want to see how many rakes and pimps your 
girls can resist, and not lose their fairest human heritage ; 
womanly chastity. Yes, if you wish to promote honesty, 
on your plea, abolish all laws against crime, and abro- 
gate all penalties and prisons. Yes, license a lot of gam- 
bling hells ; give your boys several years' careful lessons in 
skilled card-playing at home and turn them out on the 



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streets, for "what virtue is there in being good if all temp- 
tations are removed ? " 

8. You have got Bob Ingersoll's arguments by heart. 
You can find whole pages of such "argument" in his in- 
fidel onslaughts on Christianity. You are doing more than 
he to destroy the Kingdom of Heaven, for you wound 
Christ in the house of His friends. Such a pulpit and ser- 
mons as these drive thoughtful, sensible people far away 
from Christianity. The old pagans, Cicero and Plato, gave 
the world a better morality than yours. Your preach ng, 
sir, will convert no skeptics, never has, never will. 
Your gospel saves no drunkards, rescues no fallen women, 
reforms no criminals, comforts no child of God, sanctifies 
no believer. Such preaching makes none penitent, 
awakens none from the deathly sleep of sin, arouses no 
slumbering conscience. Such preachers are a shame to the 
name of Christ, an obstacle to progress, a foe to holiness, a 
hinderance to the great temperance reform. You cannot re- 
form a single drunkard ; you cannot rebuke a single rum- 
seller ; you cannot raise a finger to lift up the fallen, cheer 
the sick, or heal the blind. He will instantly reply : 
"Physician, heal thyself." Hundreds of similar pleaders 
for wine have gone down in shame to fill a drunkard's grave- 
yard. 

9. You say, "the majority of religious bodies have re- 
fused to recognize this narrow interference with personal 
liberty." The largest church in America is a unit against 
rum. The four churches that come next in order, my 
dear sir, are almost unanimous on the prohibition platform. 
Your own feeble denomination, which comes far clown the 
list with the youngest churches, is not in consent to oppose 
prohibition. One of the brightest names of the Church of 
England, Canon Farrar, is one of the most stalwart and 
•'rabid of the temperance fanatics." The tail end of your 
little church will some clay get where the head is now. 

State after State is rolling up majorities, or enormous 
minorities, for prohibition. We are exactly in regard to 
this impending crisis where abolitionism was in 1856. The 
other two parties making sport of the young giant which in 



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a few years, out of the horrors of civil war, proclaimed uni- 
versal prohibition of slavery. The prohibition of rum is 
coming to this nation just as sure as the prohibition of 
slavery followed the nomination of John C. Fremont in 1856. 
Prohibition will carry whole States for its nominee in the 
presidential contest next summer. We shall see 1860 re- 
peated. Two dying parties, Douglas and the Solid South, 
broken to pieces by young Lincoln and the black republic- 
ans. If our Lincoln is not elected next summer, the pro- 
hibition party will prevent either republican or democrat, 
and throw the election into the House. The end draws 
nigh ! Such fence-riders and trimmers as yourself will 
soon have to get down off the fence, or like the Copperheads 
in war clays, will be confiscated by both parties. Prohibi- 
tion will soon hold the balance of power, and Dakota will 
enter the union as a prohibition State, thanks to a prohibi- 
tion majority in the next congress. This war will end as 
did the war of '61. The old slave-holders quoted Bible for 
their accursed views, just as you do. The fire-eaters blus- 
tered about personal liberty, just as you do. The seces- 
sionists tried to vote God out of abolition, tried to make out 
that slavery was not a moral question, not a proper subject 
for discussion in the pulpit, just as you do. They said pro- 
hibition agitation would split the union, destroy the govern- 
ment, and load the people with taxes ; but all their gloomy 
predictions failed, as yours will. 

The army grows. Recruits enlist daily. Remember 
that no one ever backslides from prohibition. The cause 
has advanced wonderfully in every State and Territory, 
north and south, and as sure as there is a God in Heaven 
this nation will soon be delivered from the slavery of drink 
and the Rebellion of Rum. 

B. S. TAYLOR. 
Jamestown, Dak., Aug. 21, 1887. 



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THE DAKOTA CAMPAIGN. 



CHAPTEK XVIII. 

A THRESHING OUTFIT. 

Last Tuesday Bro. Hiltz and I took the ponies and 
drove out eight miles northwest of this city to spread salva- 
tion among the threshers. Probably few of your readers 
have ever seen the wonderful outfit of a Dakota threshing 
machine. It was a great sight and full of interest to me. 

We reached the "camp" about dusk, just as the men 
were closing the day's labors. Here we found a "camp" 
of six tents and a "dining car on wheels." The little tents 
are canvas duck, eight feet square, and furnish a bed for 
four men each. They are pinned tight to the ground, which 
is covered with straw, and there they lie as snug as a bug 
in a rug, even in cold freezing nights, in comfortable beds, 
well wrapped up. The dining car is about thirty feet long 
by ten feet wide — a light frame covered with canvas on 
four truck wheels which, are easily drawn from one "job" 
to another by a span of horses. During the transfer the 
brisk little cook in his neat, white apron, makes a fire in 
the cook stove, boils his coffee, cooks his meat, and spreads 
the table for twenty-four men. After feeding the teams 
and providing well for their comfort by blankets, etc., the 
men assembled for supper. We "washed" and climbed into 
the old canvas chariot and sat down to supper with them. 
Benches were ranged along the sides of the wall next to the 
long table in the center, and the men took their places before 
a tin cup of coffee, a tin plate of boiled potatoes, and baked 
beans and fried ham. We all "laid to," having returned 
thanks to God for all his mercies. We ate heartily, as only 
hard working, hearty young men could eat. Splendid 
white bread, light and sweet, was set before us ; all the 
cooking, baking, etc., for the "crew" was done by the one 
man — "Cook." 

The feast ended, the boys turned to and helped wash 
and wipe the dishes, (not one was broken!) swept up the 
floor and prepared for our meeting. Two lanterns hung 



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over the long table from the rafters. Bro. Hiltz brought in 
a dozen "Beulah Songs" from our buggy, the boys again 
gathered round the table to a feast of love, and we opened 
with a praise service. All who could, joined heartily in 
the singing and gave earnest, respectful attention to the 
prayers and testimonies. The writer gave a Bible reading 
from Psalm 37, and Bro. Hiltz gave a chapter of personal 
experience. During its narration we were moved to tears 
as the "saved Cow Boy" told his fellow sinners how Jesus 
answered his mother's prayers after nineteen years' wander- 
ings, and brought him to himself and a free and full salva- 
tion. (This "experience" in full, appears in our new book, 
"Holy Fire" page 84.) The testimony made a deep im- 
pression on all hearts. We closed the meeting in a season 
of prayer. 

Dear Bro. Easterbrooks, one of our "Dakota Praying 
Band" who labored with us in Fargo last winter, is the 
head of the "outfit" and with his two brothers-in-law, make 
the firm. His Christian example and teachings with his 
crew are a power for God. Several of the boys are con- 
victed and some are seeking the Savior. Songs and praise 
continued to a late hour, the boys being loath to retire. We 
rolled into our blankets, crept into our little tents, and 
soon the weary toilers were quietly sleeping. 

At 6 o'clock we were all aroused by the "Cook's" call 
to breakfast. We tumbled out in short order, horses fed 
and harnessed — breakfast dispatched, and by sunrise the 
wagons were driving across the fields to the place, in the 
midst of a vast wheat-field, where the engine and "separa- 
tor" were "set." The steam engine is of twelve horse 
power, weighs four tons, mounted on four wheels, and is 
drawn by four horses. They are made in locomotive style. 
This is fed on water and straw and seems to enjoy good 
health and works very quietly and cheerfully. It seemed 
almost a living creature, and though it cannot "enjoy salva- 
tion" itself, it does save poor tired horse-flesh a vast amount 
of agony. The "separator" which threshes the grain is 
situated about eighty feet from the engine, to which it is 
attached by a huge rubber belt. To run such an "outfit," 
about twenty-five men are required. 1. The engineer, 



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and 2, fireman, who pokes straw into the mouth of this iron 
horse with a three-prong iron-handled pitchfork. I was 
surprised to see how much power was generated by a few 
pounds of straw. Probably not more than one ton per day 
is used, and here the straw has no value at all, while coal 
and wood are very expensive. This plan effects a vast 
saving in fuel, costing practically nothing but the hire of 
firemen. 3. The feeder takes the bundler from a band 
cutter on each side of him, and keeps a steady stream of 
bundles pouring into the mammoth forty-inch cylinder with 
its teeth of steel. 4 and 5. Two "band cutters" with a 
sharp knife cut the bands of hempen cord with which the 
grain has been bound at harvest time. Six or seven wagons 
are necessary to draw the grain to the separator from the 
"shocks" scattered over the field. Of course, when the 
grain has aeen previously stacked, this is not necessary. 
But in this dry, clean, fall climate, stacking is largely dis- 
pensed with, and the grain remains two or three months 
without any damage in the field until threshed. These six 
wagons require from eight to ten men, a fresh wagon load 
taking the place of the empty wagon, at the "table," on to 
which the grain is pitched by the man w T ho loaded it. Two 
men are required to measure up the grain into the sacks. 
While I stood there, watch in hand, three measures per 
minute, ninety bushels per hour were easily averaged. One 
afternoon recently this crew turned out 900 bushels of No. 
1 hard wheat. 2,500 bushels of oats is a good and perhaps 
average day's work. Two or three teams are necessary to 
haul the grain to a granary or elevator. Another man and 
team, with huge tank holding six or eight barrels of water, 
are necessary to water this thirsty monster on a hot day. 
Thus you see twenty-five men are necessary to a full equip- 
ment, and essential to its full capacity. 

The whole crew with the teams necessary are employed 
by the Boss and paid good w r ages, with board and tents pro- 
vided. The men receive from $1.50 per day up to the 
engineer who receives $3.50. The cost of such an outfit, 
the famous Buffalo, New York, "Pitts" Separator, engine 
and tents is about $2,000. They start out as soon as the 
first early wiieat is cut, about August 15, and thresh until 



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the weather is too cold, say about November 15, three 
months; the stacks coming last. 

In this county the crop is rather below the average, but 
in two or three counties north of us, (where the people 
prayed for rain and got it) the wheat frequently yields forty 
bushels to the acre, and is now bringing sixty-five cents, 
per bushel. 

We watched the quiet, steady and tireless engine for two- 
hours, as it kept the separator humming out its "No. 1 
Hard." The men seemed to labor in cheerful content. No* 
swearing, loud talking or coarse joking. Several (at least 
seven) of the crew are earnest Christians, some enjoying 
the blessing of full salvation, and their example and daily 
family prayers are a power for God and for good over their 
comrads. What struck me were the following reflections: 
1. This is probably the only Crew in Dakota that observes 
family prayers in camp. And all the crew seem to enjoy 
it, though they are not yet all professed Christians. 2. The 
"feeder" remarked to me, as we parted — "How smooth 
and quiet the whole crew and machinery runs!" The 
blessed testimony to the power and blessing of grace from 
an unconverted man. 

When, O, Lord ! will this country be filled with such 
"Crews?" Hasten the day! 

3. The Profitable nature of Godliness. No break downs 
from careless or reckless drunken feeders, or boozy engi- 
neers. No quarrels, brawlings or discontented grumblers. 
No beating or abusing the horses. But little delay or 
trouble of any kind. The men are detailed to their duties, 
know their places, and obey orders with cheerfulness and 
dispatch. The "Company" are earning better wages and 
making more money than at any former season. 

4. It is a great improvement over the slow tedious ex- 
pensive process of our fathers. They receive eleven cents 
per bushel for wheat and seven for oats. The grain is 
taken from the shock and put in sacks. The straw is drawn 
away from the tail of the machine by a boy with a horse 
hitched to a rail (rake); or in the barn-yard pitched high 
up into enormous stacks as shelter and food for the cattle 
in winter. The women who used to dread the "coming of 



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threshers" so much, with such a gang of enormous eaters 
in their clean kitchens, now enjoy entire deliverance from 
the whole thing. The men attend to their own needs, and 
do not come to the house at all. It is a blessed thing for 
women. 

After a large patch round about the machine is cleaned 
up, a few moments work suffices to remove, perhaps forty 
yards, into the midst of the shocks again. Four horses are 
hitched to the engine, two to the separator, the wagons are 
brought in tow and in a few moments they are "set," holes 
are dug for the wheels which are braced and locked firm, 
the belt is adjusted, each man drops into his place, and the 
whole crew are ready for business. They kindly let me 
poke some straw into the fire-box, pull the steam whistle, 
and scare the horses, squirt water from the barrels pro- 
vided in case of fire, and make myself generally useless! 
We bade them good by, drove back to town, having enjoyed 
a novel experience, had a salvation meeting, and learned 
some things new. Bro. Hiltz scattered tracts, which were 
cordially received and read by the crew, and we sit down 
to our desk to give the Highway readers a peep into a 
Salvation threshing camp. May the dear Lord put them 
all through the salvation separator, screen out all weeds, 
chaff and stubble, and gather their souls into heavenly 
granaries among the No. 1 Hard. Saved and Sanctified 
forever. Amen. 



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"WORTHY COMME NDATION." 

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"Brother B. S. Taylor's Full Salvation is truly 
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wherever read. Its distribution broadcast would produce 
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Rev. Geo. W. Coon, Gloucester, Mass.: "I have just 
finished B. S. Taylor's book, Full Salvation, and I must 
say that it has been a feast to my soul. I have been par- 
ticularly interested, and, I may say, fortified, encouraged 
and blessed, in reading his exposition of the Book of Job. 
Why, this part of the work, especially, ought to be read by 
every person in the experience of perfect love. I pray that 
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"Full Salvation, by Rev. B. S. Taylor. A series of 
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"Several chapters of this book were first published in a 
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It is a thorough and safe book.'- — Highway. 



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